| Aalto Centre | |
| Native Name: | Finnish: Aalto-keskus |
| Native Name Lang: | fi |
| Architectural Style: | Modernism |
| Location City: | Rovaniemi |
| Location Country: | Finland |
| Coordinates: | 66.4969°N 25.723°W |
| Start Date: | 1960 |
| Completion Date: | 1986 |
| Destruction Date: | --> |
| Architect: | Alvar Aalto |
| Unit Count: | --> |
The Aalto Centre (Finnish: Aalto-keskus) is an urban area milieu in the city of Finnish: [[Rovaniemi]]|italic=unset, in the Finnish Lapland, designed by the renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, comprising the city's key administrative and cultural buildings.[1]
Up to 90% of Rovaniemi's building stock was destroyed during the Lapland War by the retreating German forces, necessitating the rebuilding of the city centre.[2] In January 1945, Finnish: Rovaniemi|italic=unset commissioned a new urban design from the Finnish Association of Architects rebuilding unit, with the design work headed by Alvar Aalto.
Aalto's eventual design, approved in 1946, is called Finnish: Poronsarvikaava,[3] and incorporates five arterial roads forming the shape of a reindeer antler.[4] In 1960, when Finnish: Rovaniemi|italic=unset was granted its city charter, the formal decision was made to implement Aalto's plan.
At the centre of the design, the complex of Aalto-designed public and administrative buildings is known as 'Aalto Centre'.
The complex has been designated and protected by the Finnish Heritage Agency as a nationally important built cultural environment (Finnish: Valtakunnallisesti merkittävä rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö).[5]
The Finnish: Rovaniemi|italic=unset cityscape is one of two urban plans designed by Aalto which were eventually completed; the other being that in Finnish: [[Seinäjoki]]|italic=unset.
Notable Aalto-designed buildings in the centre include:
The park surrounding the Aalto Centre also forms an integral part of the milieu.[9]