About Villa Skeppet - Villa Skeppet

The basic features of the building were already clear in the initial sketches

Background

Villa Skeppet was originally named Villa Schildt but soon renamed Skeppet (boat or vessel) by the people in Ekenäs. ”Both from the inside and the outside you get the vision of a ship’s prow that rises towards the south bay in Ekenäs”.

Architecture

Two main themes dominated the life of Göran Schildt: his compassion for sailing and his love for the Mediterranean culture. In Villa Skeppet, both of his passions are apparent in the architecture and the furnishings. The most dominant feature of the building…

Alvar Aalto designed a house so that the Schildt couple would return to Finland

The Mediterranean sailor who enjoyed life in Tammisaari

Göran Schildt

Göran Schildt’s creative production comprises works on cultural history and art history, essays, journalism, travel books, biographies and fiction. His works range over a variety of fields, the most prominent of which are sailing and the Mediterranean. Göran Schildt was born in…

Alvar Aalto

The friendship with Göran Schildt Göran Schildt first met Alvar Aalto during his academic years when Aalto was the president of the film club Projektio and Schildt a member. They became friends much later, however, when Schildt visited Aalto’s office together with…

The friendship between Alvar Aalto and Göran Schildt began in 1952

Göran Schildt was the owner of Daphne

S/Y Daphne

Daphne was ordered by doctor Oskar Mustelin and drawn by Jarl Lindblom in 1935. She was originally a gaff-rigged schooner built at Åbo Båtvarf (Turku Shipyard) but rigged into a ketch in the 1940s by her second owner Uno Tennberg from Ekenäs.