Paimio Sanatorium

Paimio Sanatorium, designed by Aino and Alvar Aalto in 1929 and completed in 1933 as a tuberculosis hospital, is a global landmark of functionalist architecture. 

The sanatorium, based on the Aalto’s winning design for a January 1929 competition, is an exceptional and holistic work of art, focused on the healing properties of architecture and its relationship with the human body. 

Today Paimio Sanatorium is a platform for thinking, learning and doing. 

In 2020, the Paimio Sanatorium Foundation was established with the mission of preserving, extending and passing on the brave and progressive vision of the Aaltos to future generations.

Paimio Sanatorium Foundation sees the future of the site as a unique and uniquely powerful instrument for the development of strategies and solutions on a societal scale. Its past may be associated with healing in a strictly medical sense, but today it presents equally valuable possibilities as a scale that transcends individual treatment and looks towards the relationship between individuals, communities and societies.