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The House of Culture in Helsinki is Aalto in his 'red brick period'. He achieves the free-form curves of the concert hall walls using wedge-shaped bricks, arranged variously with their shorter edge facing inside or outside the wall. The impact of the solid brick walls must be seen in the context of what had gone before. In Finland, the National-Romanics had used wood and granite to show closeness to Finnish nature, while the modern movement (as elsewhere) used more abstract white plaster surfaces (which did not wear well particularly in the Finnish climate). Aalto's red brick was therefore a bigger statement than it now seems: a man-made material that keeps its individuality and local personality.
Helsinki’s climate is typical of its northerly situation. Its intermediate climate combines characteristics of both a maritime and a continental climate. The proximity of the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic creates cold weather, while the Gulf Stream brings in warmer air.
Helsinki (finn. [], schwed. Helsingfors, []) ist die Hauptstadt von Finnland und der finnischen Landschaft Uusimaa. Es ist mit (Stand) Einwohnern die größte Stadt Finnlands und bildet das Zentrum der „Hauptstadtregion“, eines Ballungsraumes mit rund einer Million Einwohnern. Die Stadt ist das politische, wirtschaftliche, geistige, wissenschaftliche und kulturelle Zentrum Finnlands. Helsinki hat 6, 2 % schwedischsprachige Einwohner und ist offiziell zweisprachig.
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