Today, I will share with you a unique building designed by the famous viennese visual artist named Hundertwasser.
..... is a residential building located in the 3rd District of Vienna that was designed by viennese artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser in collaboration with architects Josef Kravina and Peter Pelikan. Built between 1983 and 1985 on a 1273 square meter- plot, it has 50 apartments and 37 underground garages. The building is owned by the municipality of Vienna. Visitors can only see the exterior of this building because all apartments are fully occupied by private individuals.
Hundertwasser was an Austrian artist ((15 Dec. 1928 – 19 Feb. 2000) and architect who designed his housing projects and buildings according to his beliefs that a structure need not be straight. His real name was Friedrich Stowasser, the Sto is a slavic name which if translated into German means "one hundred or einhundert". His mother was jewish and his father was a Catholic... so as not to be persecuted under the Nazi Regime, he was baptized as a Catholic in 1935 during the Nazi Era.
All of his works are mostly crooked structures he designed according to his concepts and visions. His works became places of interest in the city for its uniqueness and therefore attracted many visitors who wanted to see his projects with their own eyes.
The houses designed by the artists are irregular in forms and were mostly incorporated with greens. We can see boldly colored facade and we can see trees all over the place particularly the roofs. He was a great environmentalist who believed that structures should go hand in hand with nature, which he had proven in his other works in different places and in his home in New Zealand where he lived for a while.
On the facade of the building, some trees are seen growing from the inside of a roofed terrace/balcony and has been growing further towards the exterior of the flat. Some of the tenants have a one storey flat others have two-storeys. And to be able to build a mini forest on the rooftop of the building, some tons and tons of soil were carried up to fill the intended green spaces.
The Uneven Floor Source
The flat floor is an invention of the architects. It fits engines ̵ not human beings.
People not only have eyes to enjoy the beauty they see and ears to hear melodies and noses to smell nice scents. People also have a sense of touch in their hands and feet.
An uneven and animated floor is the recovery of man's mental equilibrium, of the dignity of man which has been violated in our levelling, unnatural and hostile urban grid system.
The uneven floor becomes a symphony, a melody for the feet and brings back natural vibrations to man.
It is good to walk on uneven floors and regain our human balance. Architecture should elevate and not subdue man...
... Hundertwasser, 1991
"must see place"!
@gremayo