Alavoimala: 100 Years of Hydropower
TUNDRA is conducting a building history survey for this functionalist power station sitting in the Tammerkoski rapids.
Architect Bertel Strömmer designed this early example of Finnish modern architecture, when he began to turn to functionalism instead of nordic classicism in the turn of the 1930s. The trend was followed by the examples of Alvar and Aino Aalto's Turun Sanomat building and Paimio's Sanatorium, which both contributed to the arrival of functionalism in Finland around the same time.
Surroundings of Tammerkoski and it’s industrial heritage are listed as national landscape of Finland.
Historical photos: Vapriikin kuva-arkisto
Architect Bertel Strömmer designed this early example of Finnish modern architecture, when he began to turn to functionalism instead of nordic classicism in the turn of the 1930s. The trend was followed by the examples of Alvar and Aino Aalto's Turun Sanomat building and Paimio's Sanatorium, which both contributed to the arrival of functionalism in Finland around the same time.
Surroundings of Tammerkoski and it’s industrial heritage are listed as national landscape of Finland.
Historical photos: Vapriikin kuva-arkisto