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1 2017 Vienna Projects 11 Created 01-Oct-17 By Gizele Graça, Lisboa, Portugal Hundertwasserhaus Vienna, Friedensreich Hundertwasser apartment, landmark, office Secession Building Wiener Postsparkasse Majolikahaus Looshaus 4 Loisium Hotel 8 Sofitel Vienna 9 Stoclet Palace 10 Brussels, Belgium Josef Hoffmann private house 5 DC Tower 11 Vienna, Dominique Perrault apartment, hotel, office 6 Vienna, Adolf Loos commercial space, housing Conversion of the Palais Rasumofsky Vienna, Jean Nouvel hotel, mixed-use development Vienna, Otto Wagner housing 3 Vienna, Otto Wagner government, office Vienna, Baar-Baarenfels Architekten fountain, private house, spa Vienna, Joseph Maria Olbrich exposition space 2 Library and Learning Centre 12 Vienna, Zaha Hadid s library, university, education 7 Langenlois, Steven Holl hotel, spa, winery 1

2 photo: Lucian Ilica Hundertwasserhaus Kegelgasse Vienna The Hundertwasserhaus is an apartment complex in Vienna,, designed by n artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser It was built between 1983 and 1986 by architects Joseph Krawina and Peter Pelikan Hundertwasser was not paid, stating that it was worth it, to prevent something ugly from being erected The house features a very organic design, with its uneven floors and plentiful flora Its roof is covered in grass and trees are grown from within, their limbs extending from the windows There are 52 apartments, four offices, 16 private terraces and three communal terraces, and a total of 250 trees and bushes There are also artificial trees; the columns that can be seen reminded Hundertwasser of trees The windows and mosaic tiles are laid out not in a grid, but in a more playful organic way, with crooked angles Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Main designer, Artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser Joseph Krawina Peter Pelikan Robin photo: Evgenia Kononova The Hundertwasserhaus is walking distance from the Wien Mitte train station and Landstraße subway station which is served by lines U3 and U4 2

3 photo: Michiel van Loon Secession Building Friedrichstraße Vienna The large, white, cubic Secession Building was designed by architect Joseph Maria Olbrich in 1897 as the manifesto of the Secessionist movement The exhibition hall opened in October 1898 Most of the original interior was looted during World War II and the building was left in a desolate state until the passion for Viennese Art Nouveau was rediscovered in the 1970s and the pavilion rescued from decay The building is quite sober and only uses two colours, white and gold Due to its massive, unbroken walls, the construction has the appearance of being constructed from a series of solid cubes The most prominent feature of the otherwise clean design is the dome, made of 3,000 gilt laurel leaves The laurel symbolizes victory, dignity and purity Today the structure is one of the most treasured examples of a particularly Viennese artistic period (text from website Traveldk) Client Joseph Maria Olbrich Vereinigung Bildener Künstler Oesterreichs Michiel_van_Loon Tuesday - Sunday: ; Thursday: / Guided tours Saturdays at 1500 and Sundays at

4 photo: Michiel van Loon Wiener Postsparkasse Georg-Coch-Platz Vienna Representing Otto Wagner's first move away from Art Nouveau and Neoclassicism, the Wiener Postsparkasse (n Postal Savings Bank) is regarded as an important early work of modern architecture The building occupies an entire city block, next to the Ringstrasse boulevard The bank's façade obviously alludes to classicism Wagner's key idea was to celebrate modern materials by developing new forms The entire façade is covered with square marble plates These are attached to the main structure by aluminum rivets or bolts, forming a pattern Inside, the main hall is designed like an atrium, with a large glass skylight allowing natural light to enter the heart of the building at all times photo: Michiel van Loon Otto Wagner Michiel_van_Loon Monday - Friday: / Thursday:

5 photo: Michiel van Loon Majolikahaus Linke Wienzeile Vienna This apartment building in Vienna, known as the Majolikahaus, was designed by n architect Otto Wagner at the turn of the 20th century The building's façade is covered in ceramic tiles, known as majolica, in the form a floral pattern The building is an excellent example of the Secession style, the Viennese version of Art Nouveau (text from Encarta) Project is not public! 1898 Otto Wagner Michiel_van_Loon photo: Michiel van Loon 5

6 photo: Sebastian van Damme photo: Sebastian van Damme Looshaus Michaelerplatz Vienna The Looshaus in Vienna (also known as the Goldman & Salatsch Building) is regarded as one of the most important structures built in the Wiener Moderne The building marks the rejection of historicism, as well as the ornaments used by the Wiener Secession Adolf Loos received the assignment in 1909, and the building was finished in 1910 Upon opening, its appearance shocked Vienna's citizens, since their overall taste was still very much historically oriented Because of the lack of ornaments on the façade, people called it the 'house without eyebrows' photo: Sebastian van Damme 1910 Client Adolf Loos Goldman & Salatsch Michiel_van_Loon Mo, Tue, Wed, Fri: 09hr- 15hr Thu: 09hr - 17:30hr 6

7 photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Michiel van Loon Loisium Hotel Loisium-Allee Langenlois On the edge of the town of Langenlois, 60 minutes west of Vienna, on a gently south-sloping vineyard, a new wine center and visitors' facility is built celebrating the rich local heritage of a magnificent wine vault system This historic subterranean network, which includes stone passages that are 900 years old, underlies the urban plan of the town Earthlike materials and palette combined with the views of the surrounding landscape create a strong connection and relationship of the hotel to its context Public functions including the lobby, a wine themed restaurant, bar, cigar lounge, conference and meeting facilities, and wellness and spa area are located on the ground floor with views open to the surrounding vineyard An inviting courtyard and terrace provides outdoor seating 82 guest rooms are located in two upper floors While the ground floor is transparent and open, the upper floors are more private (text from website architect) photo: Bjorn Utpott 2005 Client Steven Holl Loisium Hotelbetriebs GmbH & Co KG Michiel_van_Loon 7

8 photo: Vera Subkus photo: Vera Subkus Conversion of the Palais Rasumofsky Rasumofskygasse Vienna The palais was built for Andrei Kirillowitsch Duke Rasumofsky, the former Russian ambassador under Czar Alexander during the time of the Viennese Congress of 1806 As a patron of Beethoven and the flourishing art movement, Duke Rasumofsky selected Belgian architect Louis Montoyer to create the ensemble of three buildings with a floor area comprising over 11000m2 surrounding a central park located in central Vienna Alois the 2nd, Duke of Liechtenstein, resided in the palais from which later became state owned shortly thereafter before being acquired recently by two significant contemporary art collectors who commissioned the conversion into an art foundation and private residence The central building was damaged during World War II and poorly repaired and maintained during the post-war period leading to significant problems photo: Vera Subkus Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Baar-Baarenfels Architekten Arch_Lorenzo_Priori 8

9 photo: Dina Bonefacic-Mihaljek Sofitel Vienna Praterstrasse Vienna Situated on the bank of the Danube Canal, this mixed-use high-rise marks, together with Hans Holbein's "Media Tower" across the street, one of Vienna's historic entries into the city The building complex includes a five-star hotel, showrooms and retail, as well conference facilities and a restaurant on the top floor A five-storey volume with a sloping roof forms the base of the building, a glassed-in atrium is revealed behind it Its ceiling, as well as the one that extends from the lobby to the street, and the ceiling of the top-floor restaurant were all designed by the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist - they are done in the trompe-l'oeil manner and include several video projections In contrast to these colorful surfaces, all the other interiors of the hotel are done in white, grey and black Main designer, Artist Client Jean Nouvel Pipilotti Rist UNIQA Praterstrasse Projekterrichtungs GmbH, Vienna DinaBM Lobby always open, restaurant on the 18th floor 6:30 to 10:30 pm Walk from Schwedenplatz metro station 9

10 Stoclet Palace Avenue de Tervueren Brussels Belgium The Stoclet Palace was commissioned by Adolphe Stoclet ( ), a wealthy industrialist and avid art collector He chose 35 year old n architect Josef Hoffmann ( ), a founder-member of a radical group of designers and artists who called themselves the Vienna 'Sezession', established in 1897 Hoffman abandoned the fashions and styles that had come before and produced a building of true modernity; an asymmetrical compilation of rectangular blocks, underlined by exaggerated lines and corners The Stoclet Palace was the first residential project for the Wiener Werkstatte (Vienna Workshops), co-founded by Hoffman in 1903 Josef Hoffman as his colleagues designed every aspect of the mansion, down to the door handles and light fittings The interior is as spartan as the exterior, with upright geometric furniture and an avoidance of clutter This was a fashionably avant-garde approach, presenting a 'reformed interior' where functions dictates style 1911 Main designer, Artist Josef Hoffmann Gustav Klimt Nazar 10

11 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd DC Tower Donau City Strasse Vienna One of 's highest towers (220 m) with office, restaurant, hotel and residence It is situated near the river Danube in the outskirts of Vienna 2014 Dominique Perrault boss photo: simone bossi photographer 11

12 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Library and Learning Centre Welthandelsplatz Vienna The new Library and Learning Centre of the University of Economics in Vienna rises as a polygonal block from the heart of the new University campus The interior of the LLC is informed by the external landscape of the masterplan which maps out the different levels The straight lines of the building's exterior separate as they move inward, becoming curvilinear and fluid to generate a free-formed interior canyon that serves as the principal public plaza of the centre, as well as generating corridors and bridges ensuring smooth transitions between different levels photo: Dirk Verwoerd Floor area/size m² Zaha Hadid s Nazar Building opening hours when classes are in session: Mon Fri 7:00am 10:00pm; Sat 7:00am 6:00pm These opening hours also apply during the semester break The Library & Learning Center (LC) is located between the 2 U2 subway stations Messe-Prater and Krieau, roughly the same distance from each of these 2 stations (5 10 min) The underground parking garage is located under the main boulevard, the entrance is on Trabrennstrasse Cycling is prohibited on campus grounds Appr 1,000 bicycle parking spaces are located along the bike path circling around the campus Citybike sharing stations are located at the south entrance of Campus and at the subway 12