ALVAR AALTO – Mount Angel
Library
“Our time is so special that we have people who know
more and more or less and less.”
Alvar Aalto
is one of the most famous Finnish architects of all time.
For the interior design, Aalto wanted to maximize the natural light and
to make it easier to read, but not have direct sun glare from large windows. In
order to bring in large amounts of natural light from the ceiling, he invented
a cone shaped skylight. The skylight provides maximum diffusion of natural
light by using a curved reflective surface.
