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Bryggman, Erik (William)
(b Turku, 7 Feb 1891; d Turku, 21 Dec 1955). Finnish architect. He studied at the school of the Turku Art Society, then studied architecture at the Technical University in Helsinki (1910–16). While there he travelled to Sweden and Denmark with Hilding Ekelund, and his experience abroad led him to abandon the National Romanticism characteristic of his student architecture projects. In particular he was influenced by Sigurd Lewerentz’s unbuilt scheme for a crematorium in Hälsingborg, Sweden. Several successful competition entries for religious architecture were central to his early work: church, Tammisto, Viborg, Denmark; crematorium, Helsinki (both 1919); church (1929), Sortavala, Russia; and Tehtaanpuisto church (1930) in Helsinki. Common to all these schemes are the clever integration of the landscape and the use of clearly defined, simple architectural elements, in which light is used to create a sacred atmosphere. The Tehtaanpuisto competition sparked a public debate about the suitability of Functionalism for ecclesiastical commissions.
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