The project by architect Alvar Aalto and Heikki von Hertzen, CEO of the Housing Foundation, would have changed the focus of the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Erkki Laine, Chairman of the Espoo City Council, began construction work on the Southwest Coast in 1967.
Emilia Kangasluoma HS
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Powerful and the father of the slightly nutty idea seems to be an academic and an architect Alvar Aalto.
Or perhaps the plans were originally for the CEO of the construction company Housing Foundation Heikki von Hertzenin – all the same, both men pushed the same thought frantically.
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