Vienna Projects 9 Created 28-Aug-16 By Joana Barros, Coimbra, Portugal Spittelau Viaducts Zaha Hadid s housing Gasometer City Hundertwasserhaus Looshaus Schlachthausgasse 7 Conversion of the Palais Rasumofsky 8 Baar-Baarenfels Architekten fountain, private house, spa 4 Otto Wagner Pavilion 9 Otto Wagner pavilion 5 Joseph Maria Olbrich exposition space 3 Friedensreich Hundertwasser apartment, landmark, office Secession Building housing, youth house apartment, office, renovation, shopping centre 2 SEG Apartment Tower 10 apartment, housing 6 Adolf Loos commercial space, housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jbarros/guides/vienna/ 1
photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott Spittelau Viaducts Spittelauer Lände 1090 Vienna The project is part of a revitalization initiative undertaken by the city of Vienna for the Wiener Guertel, an over-dimensioned, ring-formed slice through the urban fabric The site is formed via the culmination of densely overlapping infrastructural elements: the Spittelauer Leande is one of Vienna s most highly traveled roadways; the Danube Canal connecting Germany to Hungary The housing is built along the Donaukanal, over Otto Wagner s elevated metro viaduct photo: Bjorn Utpott Project is not public! 2006 Client Zaha Hadid s City of Vienna Bjorn_Utpott U-Bahn (underground) lines U4 and U6, exit at Spittelau station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jbarros/guides/vienna/ 2
photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Gasometer City Guglgasse 6 1110 Vienna http://wwwwiener-gasometerat/indexhtmlen These 4 gas holders, known as gasometer were built in 1896 as part of the gasworks at Simmering After they were closed down, the 4 historic towers were renovated, converted into apartments, shopping malls and offices and reopened in 2001 When they were built, the gasometers were the largest in Europe They are listed by the country s heritage ministry as outstanding examples of industrial architecture The renovation goal was to reuse the external façades of the existing buildings, avoiding total demolition of the building and minimizing the generation of demolition waste The gigantic size of this construction project is illustrated by the fact that Vienna's Giant Ferris Wheel would easily fit into each of the four 75-metre high gasometers Project is public! Floor area/size 2001 42880 m² Main designer, Client Jean Nouvel Manfred Wedhorn Wilhelm Holzbauer City of Vienna Bjorn_Utpott photo: Dirk Verwoerd There are very different opening hours for different functions, like the cinema, shopping malls, offices to see it all, visit http://wwwgasometerat/ From Westbahnhof take U-bahn U3 directly to the Gasometer, with direction Simmering (about 20 min) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jbarros/guides/vienna/ 3
photo: Lucian Ilica Hundertwasserhaus Kegelgasse 34-38 1035 Vienna http://wwwhundertwasserhausinfo/ 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 3-1986 1092 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jbarros/guides/vienna/ 4
photo: Michiel van Loon Secession Building Friedrichstraße 12 1010 Vienna http://wwwsecessionat/ 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) Project is public! 10-1898 Client Joseph Maria Olbrich Vereinigung Bildener Künstler Oesterreichs Michiel_van_Loon Tuesday - Sunday: 1000-1800; Thursday: 1000-2200 / Guided tours Saturdays at 1500 and Sundays at 1100 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jbarros/guides/vienna/ 5
photo: Sebastian van Damme photo: Sebastian van Damme Looshaus Michaelerplatz 3 1010 Vienna http://wwwadolfloosat/looshaus/ 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 Project is public! 1910 Client Adolf Loos Goldman & Salatsch Michiel_van_Loon Mo, Tue, Wed, Fri: 09hr- 15hr Thu: 09hr - 17:30hr http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jbarros/guides/vienna/ 6
photo: Michiel van Loon photo: Wojtek Gurak Schlachthausgasse Schlachthausgasse 30 1030 Vienna At the end of 1998, the Mautner-Markhof Children's Hospital in the 3rd district of Vienna was closed In 1999 the municipality explored alternative development possibilities for the vacant area A limited design competition was held, from which Coop Himmelb(l)au emerged as the winner The architects suggested to conserve to a large extent the valuable trees existing along the Kleingasse and set two slim building volumes in line with the street Slachthausgasse in order to return the urban block into it's previously defined form The complex now contains 82 apartments and approximately 12000 m2 of office space The 6+1-storey building is individually differentiated by sculpturally protruding building components In the so-called 'Head Building' oriented toward the south, a youth centre with own meeting spaces is the basement is integrated (text from website architects) Project is not public! Floor area/size 2005 21605 m² Client GPA - WBV / Kleingasse ProjektierungsGesmbH photo: Wojtek Gurak Michiel_van_Loon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jbarros/guides/vienna/ 7
photo: Vera Subkus photo: Vera Subkus Conversion of the Palais Rasumofsky Rasumofskygasse 23-25 1030 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 1838-1873 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 8-2013 2000 m² Baar-Baarenfels Architekten Arch_Lorenzo_Priori http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jbarros/guides/vienna/ 8
Otto Wagner Pavilion Karlsplatz 13 1040 Vienna Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station is a former station of the Viennese Stadtbahn The buildings above ground on Karlsplatz are a well-known example of Jugendstil architecture These buildings were included in The Vienna Secession, as they followed many of the artistic styles of that movement They were designed by Otto Wagner, adviser to the Transport Commission in Vienna,and Joseph Maria Olbrich and are, unlike the other Stadtbahn stations, made of a steel framework with marble slabs mounted on the exterior Project is public! 1899 Main designer, Otto Wagner Joseph Maria Olbrich Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jbarros/guides/vienna/ 9
SEG Apartment Tower Kratochwjlestraße 12 1220 Vienna Located between Wagramerstraße and Kratochwilestraße and adjacent to the "Alte Donau" metro station, the 60m high SEG Tower from COOP HIMMELB(L)AU forms in conjunction with two other projected high-rise buildings the new district "Donau City" The tower includes 70 apartments, 9 eating facilities, offices and practices on 25 floors Two major considerations were important for the design of the outer form of the COOP HIMMELB(L)AU building: On the one hand the concept of the tower is based on the idea to put two houses, one on top of the other, in a way such that a common space would occur at the intersection This common space - called a sky-lobby - is then used for the accommodation of a venue, a playground, a "teleworking café" and a sundeck On the other hand the concept of the so-called climate facade was developed, which is the linking and surrounding element between the two components Project is public! 1998 Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/jbarros/guides/vienna/ 10