1933 · Paimio, Finland

Paimio Sanatorium

A 1933 Finnish tuberculosis sanatorium where beds, windows, and rail heights shaped a humane modernist design.

The medical program informed form, color, furniture, and fittings throughout the project.

It established Aalto’s early international reputation.

It is a textbook example of function becoming the detail and expression of Nordic modernism.

Nordic modernism

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