Architecture measurement drawings
Aalto University’s and its predecessor University of Technology’s architecture teaching has for over hundred years included the tradition of measurement drawing. From 1907 to 2014 it was compulsory to prepare a measurement drawing of a significant old building as part of an architect’s education. In early decades of 1900 drawings were made of medieval churches, later there has been concentration on wooden architecture.
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- Date range: 1868 – 2016
- Extent: 5000 digitized drawings
- Content: Ink and pencil drawings, some water colours
- Permissions: Usable with Creative Commons-lisences: CC-BY-NC 4.0, Public Domain
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Descriptive geometry and perspective studies
Course exercises and competition works in in descriptive geometry which was studied by nearly all technology students until 1960s. Students of land survey and architects also took classes in perspective drawing. The collection has been used in teaching until mid 1960s
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- Date range: 1930-1960
- Extent: Approx. 1000, 60 samples available digitally
- Content: Ink drawings, water colours
- Permissions: Non-commercial use in learning and research permissible, other uses of student works subject to permission.
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Ceramics and glass art
The collection consists of exercises and diploma works prepared in the teaching of ceramics and glass. The collection has been used as a pedagogical archive documenting the development of teaching in the field including teaching materials, techniques and firing temperatures, glazing experiments and decoration methods. Approx. 5% of the objects have been prepared by students of of glass design.
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- Date range: 1963 -
- Extent: Approx. 3500 objects, 800 available digitally
- Content: Ceramic and glass objects
- Permissions: Non-commercial use in learning and research permissible, other uses of student works subject to permission.
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Industrial design
The collection contains student works from the industrial design programme including prototypes, models and drawings of technical appliances, utensils and vehicles. The collection also includes images from exhibitions, excursions, teaching spaces and studying.
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- Date range: 1960-1990
- Extent: Approx. 2700
- Content: Colour slides
- Permissions: Non-commercial use in learning and research permissible, other uses of student works subject to permission.
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Industrial textile design and textile art
Course work and exercises in industrial textile design, such as knitted fabrics, pattern designs for clothing and interior fabrics, designs for printed textiles and material experiments.
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- Date range: 1970-2004
- Extent: Approx. 200 works, 10 samples available digitally
- Content: Printed, knitted and woven textiles and textile sketches
- Permissions: Non-commercial use in learning and research permissible, other uses of student works subject to permission.
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Composition drawings
Student works from composition drawing class include ornament and decorative designs, interiors and furniture, textiles and clothing design, typography and illustrations. The collections include also drawings of museum objects and competition entries from various drawing competitions where students participated.
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- Date range: 1906-1970
- Extent: approx. 2000 images
- Content: hand-drawn drawings, pencil, ink, watercolour
- Permissions: Non-commercial use in learning and research permissible, other uses of student works subject to permission.
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Building technlogy
Exercises in building technology from the department of architecture. Consists of images of small scale models, group work and students working methods.
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- Date range: 1990-2000
- Extent: approx. 2000 works
- Content: digitised colour slides
- Permissions: Usable with Creative Commons-lisences: CC-BY-NC 4.0
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Costume and fashion design
Costumes designed and made by students, many being competitions entries for international competitions (Concours International des Jeunes Créateurs de Mode 1989-1991, IWS 1985, Igedo 1992, St. Gallen 1981-1982) and course exercises or diploma projects.
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- Date range: 1970-2010
- Extent: approx. 50 costumes
- Content: Costumes
- Permissions: Non-commercial use in learning and research permissible, other uses of student works subject to permission.
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Photography art
The collection of course work and final projects contains an extensive collection of student works in photography. The collection provides a rich overview to research of the teaching, techniques and practices of photography. The collection also contains a limited amount of photography course work from the department of Art Education.
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- Date range: 1970-1990
- Extent: (10 000) 1100 available digitally
- Content: b/w prints, colour prints, polaroids, negatives, slide positives
- Permissions: Non-commercial use in learning and research permissible, other uses of student works subject to permission.
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Urban planning
The collection contains student and diploma works, and reproduced images such as maps and original photographs of residential areas and city scapes used in teaching.
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- Date range: 1960-1980
- Extent: (38 000), 2000 available digitally
- Content: slide positives
- Permissions: Subject to permission
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