 The new villa – to be used as a summer house, a form of retreat to nature traditional in Finland – was intended to express the aspirations of the new generation and of the Gullichsens’ vision of ‘the good life’ which they believed industrialization would eventually make available to the majority in the newly independent state.Aalto began work on the Villa towards the end of 1937, and was given an almost free hand by his clients.His first proposal was a rustic hut modeled on vernacular farmhouses.