vienna secessione Projects 7 Created 01-Dec-16 By dfsf asdtgfs, udine, Algeria Hundertwasserhaus Vienna, Friedensreich Hundertwasser apartment, landmark, office Secession Building Wiener Postsparkasse 3 Majolikahaus Looshaus 6 Stoclet Palace 7 Brussels, Belgium Josef Hoffmann private house 4 Vienna, government, office Vienna, Adolf Loos commercial space, housing Vienna, Joseph Maria Olbrich exposition space 2 Pavilion 8 Vienna, pavilion 5 Vienna, housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/shoe/guides/vienna%20secessione/ 1
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/shoe/guides/vienna%20secessione/ 2
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) 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/shoe/guides/vienna%20secessione/ 3
Wiener Postsparkasse Georg-Coch-Platz 2 1010 Vienna Representing '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 12-1906 Michiel_van_Loon Monday - Friday: 0800-1500 / Thursday: 0800-1730 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/shoe/guides/vienna%20secessione/ 4
Majolikahaus Linke Wienzeile 40 1060 Vienna This apartment building in Vienna, known as the Majolikahaus, was designed by n architect 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 Michiel_van_Loon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/shoe/guides/vienna%20secessione/ 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 1910 Client Adolf Loos Goldman & Salatsch Michiel_van_Loon Mo, Tue, Wed, Fri: 09hr- 15hr Thu: 09hr - 17:30hr http://wwwmimoaeu/users/shoe/guides/vienna%20secessione/ 6
Stoclet Palace Avenue de Tervueren 281 1150 Brussels Belgium The Stoclet Palace was commissioned by Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1941), a wealthy industrialist and avid art collector He chose 35 year old n architect Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956), 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/shoe/guides/vienna%20secessione/ 7
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 1899 Main designer, Joseph Maria Olbrich Nazar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/shoe/guides/vienna%20secessione/ 8