在之後瑪麗亞別墅的設計中，阿爾托並未試圖效仿常見的現代主義操作，即為將兩層樓的居住空間透過挑空結合在一起，相較之下，他僅透過樓梯的上半部，將兩層樓的居住空間以不顯目的方式相連接。此外，這兩層樓的平面佈局也未相互呼應，這是因為阿爾托並不偏好現代主義運動中條理分明的空間與結構框架，他更關注於空間中親密、庇護和私密等的感受營造。⋯⋯（全文請見實構築季刊07期）

As somewhat later in the Villa Mairea, Aalto did not attempt to unite the two floors of the residential part in their house through a two—storey void, which would have been the usual modernist move.On the contrary, the two floors of the residential part are connected in the most minimal manner only through the upper half of the staircase. Neither do the two floor plans reflect each other in any way. Instead of spatial and structural clarity, which was the ideal of the Modern Movement, Aalto prefers a sense of intimacy, protection and secrecy.