wien Projects 84 Created 17-May-12 By jon b, donostia, Spain Nationale Nederlanden Prague, Gehry Partners office, restaurant Spittelau Viaducts Gasometer City Vertically Landscaped Housing Brno Airport Terminal Czerwenka Apartment Uniqa Tower Omega Palace Department Store Eucon Building 10 Europark Hotel Josef 17 ma 48 18 Housing at Kaiserstrasse 19 Students Guest House at the Viennese University 20 Vienna, Austria baumschlager & eberle student housing 11 Hundertwasserhaus 21 Vienna, Austria Friedensreich Hundertwasser apartment, landmark, office 12 LEE Residential Housing 22 Vienna, Austria Querkraft s housing 13 Paltramplatz Residential Building 23 Vienna, Austria Delugan Meissl Associated s housing 14 Prague, Fránek s commercial space, housing, office Vienna, Austria gernerºgerner plus housing Brno, Kuba & Pilar Architekti shopping centre 9 Vienna, Austria Neumann + Partner art, installation, office 16 Vienna, Austria caramel architekten garage, office Vienna, Austria Susanne Zottl apartment 8 Brno, Petr Parolek airport DO & CO hotel Prague, Eva Jiricna hotel Vienna, Austria Geiswinkler & Geiswinkler Architekten housing 7 Vienna, Austria Coop Himmelb(l)au apartment, office, renovation, shopping centre Vienna, Austria Hans Hollein hotel Vienna, Austria Zaha Hadid s housing 6 Residential Building Kavci Hory 1 24 Prague, KAAMA housing 15 Prague, A&GP shopping centre http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ Secession Building 25 Vienna, Austria Joseph Maria Olbrich exposition space 1
Wiener Postsparkasse Vienna, Austria Otto Wagner government, office Majolikahaus Looshaus Spittelau District Heating Plant Schlachthausgasse T-Center St Marx Branch Bank Building Schullin Jewelry Shop Metropol Hotel 30 Zizkov Television Tower Footbridge on riverbank Rohanske 37 Nile House 38 River Diamond Apartments 39 Danube House 40 Prague, ADNS office, restaurant 31 House with a studio 41 Brno, Fránek s atelier, office 32 Library of Faculty of Philosophy of Masaryk University 42 Brno, Kuba & Pilar Architekti library, university 33 Villa Tugendhat 43 Brno, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe museum, private house 34 Prague, Chalupa s horeca, hotel, restaurant, tourism Prague, Safer Hajek and Associates housing Vienna, Austria Hans Hollein shop 29 Vienna, Austria Günther Domenig housing, office 36 Prague, ATREA office Vienna, Austria Günther Domenig congress centre, office 28 Vienna, Austria Coop Himmelb(l)au housing, youth house The Villa Mueller Prague, FACT bridge Vienna, Austria Friedensreich Hundertwasser factory 27 Vienna, Austria Adolf Loos commercial space, housing Prague, Adolf Loos private house Vienna, Austria Otto Wagner housing 26 Prague National Technical Library 44 Prague, Projektil Architekti library 35 Prague, Vaclav Aulicky cafe, restaurant, watch-tower http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ DOX Contemporary Art Center 45 Prague, Ivan Kroupa architekti bar, exposition space, gallery 2
CSOB Group Headquarters Prague, Josef Pleskot office Red Room Pallet House Deer Moat Pathway EURO Palace Residential Complex Na Krutci Block of Flats Gymnastická Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia 50 Haus mit Veranden Semilasso 57 Geodis Brno 58 Reconstruction of the Humanic Building 59 E-passage 60 Brno, Pelcak A Partner Architekti commercial space 51 Headquarters of the Transport Company 61 Brno, DRNH office 52 House in Mokra Hora 62 Brno, RAW private house 53 Restaurant Lvi Dvur (Lion's Court) 63 Prague, Josef Pleskot restaurant 54 Prague, Karel Prager government, museum Brno, RAW commercial space Prague, Frantisek Cubr office, restaurant 49 Prague, Atelier ANTA housing Restaurant Praha Expo 58 56 Brno, Burian-Krivinka office Prague, Kuba & Pilar Architekti dwellings, housing, urban plan 48 Prague, DaM office Dahlia Inn Brno, RAW culture Prague, Josef Pleskot passage, tunnel 47 Vienna, Austria Gregor Pils private house Prague, OOOOX commercial space, hotel Vienna, Austria Soehne & Partner Architekten bar, club 46 Administrative Building BDO 64 Prague, Josef Pleskot office 55 Vienna, Austria Rüdiger Lainer + Partner housing http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ Office Centre Vinohrady 65 Prague, ADNS office 3
Busgarage Wiener Linien Vienna, Austria fasch & fuchs garage, office Office building GAMMA Under Palacky Hill New Jundrov Administrative Building Videnska Apartment House Videnska Trinity Neu 31 Nova Brumlovka Leisure Center 70 Administrative building Bulldog Housing Kopecna 77 Cafe Onyx 78 Cafe Steiner 79 Commercial Administrative Centre 80 Brno, RAW office 71 Office building E 81 Prague, Aulik Fiser s office 72 Office Building Na Vítezné Pláni 82 Prague, Aulik Fiser s commercial space, office 73 WirtschaftsBlatt 83 Vienna, Austria IDFL design office 74 Prague, Aulik Fiser s health care, sport, swimming pool Brno, RAW cafe Vienna, Austria SUPERBLOCK apartment, office 69 Brno, Pelcak A Partner Architekti hotel, office 76 Brno, RAW cafe Brno, Pelcak A Partner Architekti housing 68 Brno, Pelcak A Partner Architekti office Housing Kridlovicka Brno, RAW housing Brno, Pelcak A Partner Architekti housing 67 Brno, Pelcak A Partner Architekti dwellings, housing Brno, RAW housing Prague, Aulik Fiser s office 66 Community center 84 Prague, Aulik Fiser s church, nursery 75 Prague, Sfera Atelier office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ Family house in Kunratice 85 Prague, Aulik Fiser s private house 4
Office building Alpha Prague, Aulik Fiser s commercial space, office 86 Office building Beta Residential houses in Brno 88 Brno, Aulik Fiser s housing 87 Prague, Aulik Fiser s commercial space, office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ Interior design AVG 89 Brno, Kyzlink office 5
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: ING Real Estate Nationale Nederlanden Rašínovo Nábreží 80 120 00 Prague The body language of the two towers nicknamed it dancing building and "Fred and Ginger Prominently located along the River Vltava in a historic district, it is one of Pragues most controversial buildings The site was originally occupied by a Neo-renaissance house from the end of the 19th century, destroyed during bombing in 1945, its remains finally removed in 1960 The neighboring house (with a small globe on the roof) was co-owned by Czech ex-president Vaclav Havel, who lived there from his childhood until the mid-1990s He ordered Vlado Milunic to make the first architectural study Afterwards the Dutch bank ING agreed to build a house there, and asked Milunic to invite a world-renowned architect Milunic first asked Jean Nouvel, he rejected the invitation because of the small size of the site (491 square meters); he then asked Frank Gehry, and he accepted the challenge Gehry had an almost unlimited budget, because ING wanted to create an icon in Prague photo: Naomi Schiphorst Project is not public! Floor area/size 1996 4044 m² Main designer, Gehry Partners Vlado Milunic ING Real Estate MI_MOA You can not visit the office, however, you can visit the restaurant La Perle de Prague, located on 7th floor, with a nice view of the river and Prague Castle panorama Restaurant is open daily except Sundays and Mondays morning from 12 noon to 2 pm and from 700 to 1030 pm The restaurant's website is wwwlaperlecz The house is located on the corner of the embankment Rasinovo nabrezi and the street Resslova, within walking distance from the underground station Karlovo namesti http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 6
photo: Bjorn Utpott photo: Bjorn Utpott Spittelau Viaducts Spittelauer Lände 1090 Vienna Austria 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 Zaha Hadid s City of Vienna Bjorn_Utpott U-Bahn (underground) lines U4 and U6, exit at Spittelau station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 7
photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Gasometer City Guglgasse 6 1110 Vienna Austria 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, Coop Himmelb(l)au 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/wien/guides/wien/ 8
photo: Geiswinkler & Geiswinkler Architekten Vertically Landscaped Housing Hardtmuthgasse 68 A-1100 Vienna Austria On a corner plot in Vienna, Geiswinkler & Geiswinkler Architekten built a compact block of 17 apartments Balancing the high density of the project are the spacious communal amenities on the ground floor (workshop, hobby room, children?s room), the public roof garden and the private?gardens? in front of every living room In order to bring coherence to the large façade areas, including the curved soffits of the loggias, the architects opted for a corrugated aluminium sheeting that could be applied without seams The result is powerful and homogeneous But it?s an unconventional choice of material for a residential project where brick, wood or concrete tend to be the preferred option That surprise effect is precisely what the architects were aiming for In choosing corrugated aluminium they were also setting themselves the challenge of showing that a material they claim usually evokes negative associations can deliver an elegant building with a congenial atmosphere Project is not public! Floor area/size 2005 1400 m² Geiswinkler & Geiswinkler Architekten Genossenschaft Neues Leben Kirsten_Hannema photo: Geiswinkler & Geiswinkler Architekten http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 9
photo: Petr Parolek photo: Petr Parolek Brno Airport Terminal Letiste Brno-Turany 62700 Brno http://wwwairport-brnocz/ The new terminal building at Brno airport brings to mind all sorts of things Looking at the skylights one is put in mind a streamlined shark, while the skin itself, in a pattern of hexagonal titanium-zinc plates that covers both roof and façades, is more reminiscent of a snake With its accentuated entrance, its also presents itself as a symbolic arch, marking the arrival or departure of visitors In fact, what fascinated young local architect Petr Parolek most when designing this building, were the logistics of travel, people's movements and the speed and aerodynamics of airplanes Its sculptural shape stands in sharp contrast to the functionalist, box-like buildings typical of Brno's architectural style, and forms a new landmark for the town Although the dark monolith looks quite imperforate from the outside, it opens up from the inside through its transparent, high-tech steel structure and rooflights, whose curves emulate those of the outer shell photo: Petr Parolek Project is public! 2006 Cooperating designer Structural engineer Structural engineer Petr Parolek FA Parolli Foboz 97 OKF design Southern Moravian Region Kirsten_Hannema Getting to the aerodrome by car is very simple, as the aerodrome is located still within the town territory, next to the D1 Brno-Olomouc motorway Driving in the direction from Prague, at km 201 there is a motorway exit marked "Slatina" and the off-turn to the aerodrome is distinctly marked The aerodrome is 2 km from the motorway exit http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 10
photo: Lachlan Blair photo: Lachlan Blair Czerwenka Apartment Elisabethstraße 6 1010 Vienna Austria The former apartment of the Austrian singer Professor Oskar Czerwenka (1924-2000) in the Opernringhof, that is situated in the centre of the City of Vienna, was reconstructed and adapted for rental by Vienna-based architect Susanne Zottl together with Kristof Jarder The sculptural object, that also serves as storage space, was designed to welcome residents and visitors and to connect living space, dining area and kitchen In its orientation and guiding gesture it opens up the space from the inner courtyard to the Operngasse and so communicates the spacious dimensions of the apartment While connecting on the one hand, the object also serves as a divider that provides privacy for the bedroom and the bathrooms photo: Lachlan Blair Project is not public! Floor area/size 2006 110 m² Main designer, Susanne Zottl Kristof Jarder Czerwenka Foundation Susanne_Zottl_ http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 11
photo: Werner Huthmacher photo: Werner Huthmacher Uniqa Tower Untere Donaustrasse 21-23 1020 Vienna Austria http://toweruniqaat/index_towphp Whereas in the past a head office might have been 'lit up' by means of illuminated logos, ads or spotlights, the advent of 'media façades' has greatly expanded the possibilities - not to everyone's delight, however, because when not careful the city can easily turn into a fairground where buildings vie for attention So when Licht Kunst Licht were commissioned to make a lighting plan for the Uniqa Tower, they were determined to use light 'in an artistic and sophisticated manner that would be techically 'state-of-the-art' They put 182000 individually controllable RGB LED video pixels in the cavity of the building's double façade, enough pixels to turn the 75-metre high sculptural tower into one big, continuous screen The artists group Mader Stublic Wiermann developed the artistic video "twists and turns" running on the video system that processes the video system processes 25 images per second, so the light play flows smoothly and makes the screen a 'second skin' Public access unknown! 2006 Main designer, Artist Supplier Lighting designer Neumann + Partner Mader, Stublic, Wiermann Barco Licht Kunst Licht Uniqa Tower Kirsten_Hannema photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 12
photo: Filip Slapal photo: Filip Slapal Omega Palace Department Store Námestí Svobody 18 Brno The Omega Palace Department Store on Svobody Square in Brno is part of a block of big, neo-renaissance and baroque buildings and interwoven with internal passages The design links up with this structure via a horizontal passage that runs through the store and connects the square with the neighbouring Alfa Palace Escalators in the central hall connect the various floors The elevation facing the square is a modern interpretation of the neighbouring buildings: the opalescent glass suggests mass, an effect that is reinforced by the fact that the glass is not a single smooth surface, but is punctuated by storey-high windows with deep reveals Inside, mass gives way to openness In keeping with the horizontally and vertically connected structure, spaces are visually linked to one another by the use of clear glass for the balustrades, internal walls, floor inserts and lighting strips Project is public! Floor area/size 2005 3500 m² Supplier Supplier Contractor Contractor Supplier Structural engineer Kuba & Pilar Architekti Havlíckuv Brod Jirí Havel Krusnohorská Stavební Spol Megamont, sro Metal Progres Studio Hangár Amádeus Real Kirsten_Hannema photo: Filip Slapal http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 13
photo: Ester Havlová photo: Ester Havlová Eucon Building Ulice Chlumova 204/9 13000 Prague This mixed-use building in Prague, comprising six residential aboveground storeys, two ground-floor shops, a two-level basement car park and an office block, was built after the demolition of four old housing blocks In architectural heritage areas like Zizkov, new developments are subjected to strict conditions, so the building had to adhere to the neighbouring street and cornice line as well as articulating the front face of the building to reflect its original four-part composition Since no conditions were imposed on the design of the residential courtyard, the architects seized the opportunity to create a richer world here: the different apartment sizes are reflected in the colours of their entrance doors and the owner's maisonette flat is raised on pillars on the roof of the office section The roof lights suggest prefabricated sewerage shafts while the maisonette recalls old Zizkov workshops, showing how well the architects have studied the history of the place Project is not public! 2005 Main designer, Fránek s Klara Caskova Eucon Ltd Aleksandr_Skalicky photo: Ester Havlová Zizkov is a neighbourhood of Prague, also known as Prague 3 Zizkov http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 14
photo: A&GP photo: A&GP Europark Nákupní 389/3 10200 Prague http://wwweuroparkcz Shopping malls are often somewhat self-absorbed complexes, introverted boxes, devoid of identity Yet the blank walls make an excellent projection surface and this is precisely how they have been used at the Europark shopping mall in Prague The south façade (of enamelled white glass) and the 180-metre-long north façade play host to shifting light choreographies generated by 37 outdoor colour changers and 15 multifunctional floodlights, mounted in specially developed weather-resistant Plexiglas photo: A&GP Project is public! Floor area/size 2002 57900 m² Main designer, Artist Contractor A&GP Lutz Gock Lighting Design & Artist NextMove ASPIAG Management Kirsten_Hannema 0900-2100 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 15
photo: DO & CO photo: DO & CO DO & CO hotel Stephansplatz 12 1010 Vienna Austria http://wwwdococom/ DO & CO started as Attila Dogudan s Viennese empire of restaurants and luxury catering, but now includes an architecturally adventurous and sybaritic hotel experience in downtown Vienna Located across from St Stephen s Cathedral, the Haas Haus building was designed by Pritzker-prize winner Hans Hollein; later, in an unusual move, it was retrofitted to its present incarnation by Hollein himself Four floors of the steel-and-glass building have been transformed into 43 unique cone-shaped guest rooms offering majestic views of Stephansplatz, Graben and the Kärtnerstrasse Extravagant accommodations feature teak woodwork and stone integrated into a futuristic vision of modern design Bathrooms offer two-square-meter showers, flat-screen televisions and one suite has private fitness equipment (Design hotels) Project is public! 12-2005 Hans Hollein DO & CO Hotel Vienna Naomi photo: DO & CO http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 16
photo: NÌMEC + Hotel Josef photo: NÌMEC + Hotel Josef Hotel Josef Rybná 20 110 00 Prague http://wwwhoteljosefcom Located near the old Jewish Quarter - Josefov - the two buildings of Hotel Josef - Pink and Orange Houses - are a relaxing counterpoint to Prague's active, urban lifestyle Hotel Josef is located in Prague s medieval quarter, near Charles Bridge and the Old Town Square Two new buildings, containing eight and six floors of bedrooms, are linked by an open landscaped courtyard and a glazed link that unifies the public areas at ground level Designer Eva Jiricna has managed to create a modern masterpiece that elegantly blends the most modern elements with the rich history of its surroundings Unlike most modern hotels in historic city centers, Hotel Josef has not been shoehorned into an old building It is totally purpose-designed to suit the needs of a modern facility The public areas flow effortlessly around a central courtyard giving visual clarity and orientation Project is public! 6-2002 Eva Jiricna Haštalská as photo: Ivan Nemec + Hotel Josef MI_MOA Hotel Josef is located in the city of Prague, five minutes walking distance from the Old Town Square, Wenceslas Square, Charles Bridge, Powder Tower, State Opera, concert halls and minutes by taxi to the Prague Castle, National Theatre, National Museum, the Exhibition area or the Congress http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 17
photo: Hertha Hurnaus photo: Hertha Hurnaus ma 48 Lidlgasse 5 1170 Vienna Austria There are not just "service buildings", but structures that create a sense of identity The strong lines of the compact cubic structures are enhanced by flush windows and anthracite-coloured cladding made of copper-titanium-zinc alloy The very dark colour of the velvety metal sheets gives solid presence to the building, and slight surface irregularities add an element of liveliness An important contrasting design feature is the large floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor The clear run of glass up to the top line of the building creates a cut-out effect The inset roll-up doors on the ground floor provide visual tension, as they are the only planes that are not flush with the exterior building wall photo: Hertha Hurnaus Project is public! Floor area/size 8-2004 3500 m² caramel architekten caramel_architekten http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 18
Housing at Kaiserstrasse Kaiserstrasse 68 1070 Vienna Austria This intervention involves an interesting compacting of the dense city since it takes over the traditional inner patio of the 19th urban development and considerably increases residential and population density in an already dense area The authors of the work explain the goodness of the building, whose most debatable aspect is its outer façade Project is not public! Floor area/size 2005 2285 m² gernerºgerner plus CPB Beta Anlagen Leasing aplust photo: gernerºgerner plus http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 19
Students Guest House at the Viennese University Molkereistrasse 1 A-1020 Vienna Austria This hall of residence is added to an existing block The insertion of student residences in consolidated fabrics of cities, where housing costs hinder this group of the population from easily finding housing, promotes the rejuvenation of these kinds of neighbourhoods while bringing up the residential density This students guest house will be used to host 278 Erasmus students It is the first Viennese 'Passiv house' The façade design is based on a single window type bringing natural daylight into the students apartments The technical infrastructure of the building consists of a mechanical ventilation system, which is based on geothermics and heat recovery photo: Eduard Hueber Project is not public! Floor area/size 2005 9023 m² baumschlager & eberle MIGRA GesmbH, OeAD aplust http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 20
photo: Lucian Ilica Hundertwasserhaus Kegelgasse 34-38 1035 Vienna Austria http://wwwhundertwasserhausinfo/ The Hundertwasserhaus is an apartment complex in Vienna, Austria, designed by Austrian 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/wien/guides/wien/ 21
photo: Piotr Krajewski LEE Residential Housing Leebgasse 46 A-1100 Vienna Austria This is a housing block with an open plan and essentially organised shell: the living division of which can be freely chosen by the client The orientation of the house can be decided by whoever uses it Morning sun, afternoon sun and a new orientation are all possible The service spaces are all compactly organised in the core, which makes room for an enormous bathroom An elementary, comfortable window bench invites you to take a seat This bench lies on the same level as the balcony Sunlight streams in through the elevated timber balcony deep into the house photo: Piotr Krajewski Project is not public! Floor area/size 9-2004 1100 m² Querkraft s GPA - WBV pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 22
photo: Piotr Krajewski Paltramplatz Residential Building Paltramplatz 7 1100 Vienna Austria The appearance of the Paltramplatz Residential Building is that of a crisp-edged cube into the matte black surface of which an irregular relief pattern of ribbon windows and loggias have been embedded These windows and loggias make the compact monolith seem like a cabinet with drawers that can be pulled out at will The apartment building with its 22 units fills the gap in the heterogeneous fabric of its surroundings in an utterly natural and unspectacular way Forming an exciting contrast to the static tranquillity of the basic shape of the building is the trapezoidal cantilevered, rotated-off-axis, dynamic roof construction Here, holes have been made for illumination purposes This perforated, polygonal shed roof seems to hover over the building, creating an original and distinctive closure Project is not public! Floor area/size 7-2002 1550 m² Contractor Delugan Meissl Associated s Christine Hax pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski Located in Favoriten, Vienna s 10th district http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 23
photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Residential Building Kavci Hory 1 Nad cementárnou 1153 147 00 Prague This housing complex consist out of 12 high-class compartments divided into two different masses It's located in a spectacular area in Prague 4 with unique view over the Prague-city scape The design explores new ways of lush living It is inspired by residential buildings from the thirties The building acts as a connecting link between the nearby tv building mega structure and the so-called villa-houses photo: Piotr Krajewski Project is not public! Floor area/size 1-2001 393 m² KAAMA pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 24
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Michiel van Loon Secession Building Friedrichstraße 12 1010 Vienna Austria 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) photo: Nazar Leskiw Project is public! 10-1898 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/wien/guides/wien/ 25
photo: Michiel van Loon Wiener Postsparkasse Georg-Coch-Platz 2 1010 Vienna Austria Representing Otto Wagner's first move away from Art Nouveau and Neoclassicism, the Wiener Postsparkasse (Austrian 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 Project is public! 12-1906 Otto Wagner Michiel_van_Loon Monday - Friday: 0800-1500 / Thursday: 0800-1730 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 26
photo: Michiel van Loon Majolikahaus Linke Wienzeile 40 1060 Vienna Austria This apartment building in Vienna, known as the Majolikahaus, was designed by Austrian 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 27
photo: Sebastian van Damme photo: Sebastian van Damme Looshaus Michaelerplatz 3 1010 Vienna Austria 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 Adolf Loos Goldman & Salatsch Michiel_van_Loon Mo, Tue, Wed, Fri: 09hr- 15hr Thu: 09hr - 17:30hr http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 28
photo: Michiel van Loon photo: Michiel van Loon Spittelau District Heating Plant Spittelauer Lände 1090 Vienna Austria Vienna has the persistence of its former mayor Helmut Zilk to thank for Hundertwasser having taken on the task of redesigning the exterior of the Spittelau District Heating Plant Originally Hundertwasser had opposed the idea upon consulting his friend, environmentalist Bernd Lötsch, as he had fundamental objections to a garbage-incinerating plant as long as all possibilities for avoiding garbage were not exhausted When it was promised that the plant would be equipped with the most modern emission-purification technology, and that 60000 apartments would be heated whose emissions would otherwise be a further source of pollution, Hundertwasser agreed to do the design The plain factory building was turned into a spectacular and unique work of art, and is an example of harmonic symbiosis between technology, ecology and art (text from Kunst Haus Wien) Project is not public! 1992, Artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser Michiel_van_Loon photo: Michiel van Loon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 29
photo: Michiel van Loon photo: Wojtek Gurak Schlachthausgasse Schlachthausgasse 30 1030 Vienna Austria 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 Coop Himmelb(l)au GPA - WBV / Kleingasse ProjektierungsGesmbH photo: Wojtek Gurak Michiel_van_Loon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 30
photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak T-Center St Marx Rennweg 97-99 1030 Vienna Austria http://wwwt-mobileat/unternehmen/daten_fakten/t_cente r/indexhtml The striking T-Center St Marx was designed and built by architect Günther Domenig Completed in 2004, the project has 119000 m2 of usable floor space and contains offices for 3000 employees Unusually proportioned, the building can be described as a reclining structure 60m high and 255m long with a 40m wing cantilevering out From a town-planning perspective this building represents the first step in the development of a new district on the site of the former St Marx abattoir and cattle sheds The T-Center St Marx is not only an office building for its owner, T-Mobile, it's also a large sculpture Domenig wanted to create a 280 meter long horizontal skyscraper and ended up with what is quite possibly the most unique office building in Vienna (text from Princeton ural Press and Michael Hierner) photo: Wojtek Gurak Public access unknown! Floor area/size 2004 134000 m² Associate architect Associate architect Günther Domenig Herfried Peyker Hermann Eisenköck T-Mobile Michiel_van_Loon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 31
photo: Michiel van Loon photo: Michiel van Loon Branch Bank Building Favoritenstraße 118 1100 Vienna Austria The functional interior space of the Branch Bank Building of the Z-Bank in Vienna can be read from outside The interacting, half-storey displaced floors are summarized in one single room, which connects the out-and-inside with its overhanging 'mouth' Veins of movement and rest areas are determing the general use The municipal use in the upper floors is elevated - 'the house with the kink' The shape of the roof is adding up to the whole of the building and links the sky to the ground Concrete, steel and metal are the dominating materials Each material appears in the way it was manufactured Construction and technical installations are displayed open All of these architectural elements are part of the design, linked to the whole appearance of the building and also to the neighbourhood The interaction of these parts is resulting in the complex unity of this kind of architecture (text from website architect) Project is public! Floor area/size 1979 1100 m² Günther Domenig Zentralsparkasse und Kommerzialbank Wien photo: Kornspeicher Michiel_van_Loon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 32
photo: Michiel van Loon Schullin Jewelry Shop Kohlmarkt 7 1010 Vienna Austria http://wwwschullincom In this jewelry shop in Vienna, ornament is both message and medium Hans Hollein has taken the basic shell of a 19th-century building, corrected it slightly, and painted it white He then superimposed a clearly differentiated layer of elements not only functional but fantastic and luxurious Paradoxically for a jewelry shop (and quite intentionally), he has used materials in flagrant disregard of their real value: some are precious and some are common, but all, glowing or glittering, tease the visitor with an impression of wealth and mystery Real marble is used in the patterned floor, but in the black-curtained backworld of the safe, under a mock skylight, plastic laminate pretends to be marble Real bronze is used as an arch/guillotine over the entrance, but a headless 'bronzed' African bust is in fact plastic (text from 'Ornament is no crime', Progressive ure/ny) Public access unknown! 1974 Hans Hollein Herbert Schullin Michiel_van_Loon photo: Michiel van Loon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 33
photo: Jeroen Apers Metropol Hotel Národní 33 110 00 Prague http://wwwhotelmetropolcz/ Metropol Hotel Prague is a new 4-star design hotel in the centre of the Czech capital Prague Its nine-storey building with an all-glass façade was completed in 2007 The hotel is located on Narodni Street in a place where the romantically winding lanes of the Old Town meet Prague's boulevards pulsating with life From the rooftop sun deck, with the picturesque cityscape of the centuries-old town spreading before you, you will understand why Prague is called the 'City of a Hundred Spires' (text from website Metropol Hotel) Project is public! Floor area/size 6-2007 253 m² Chalupa s Special Tours Praque, spol s r o Apers photo: Jeroen Apers http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 34
photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Zizkov Television Tower Mahlerovy sady 1 130 00 Prague http://wwwtowercz/english/englishhtm The Zizkov Television Tower is a uniquely-designed tower built in Prague between 1985 and 1992 It stands high above the city's traditional skyline from its position on top of a hill in the district of Zizkov, from which it takes its namethe structure of the tower is unconventional; it consists of three concrete pillars that carry cabinets for the transmitters, a restaurant and cafe, and three observation rooms From afar, the tower resembles a rocket launchpad The tower is 216 metres (709 feet) high, with the observation decks at 100 metres (328 feet) and the tower restaurant and cafe situated at 63 metres (207 feet) in the lower 'pods' Elevators, equipped with speedometers, transport passengers to the different levels at a rate of 4m/s The tower weighs 11800 tons and is also used as meteorological observatory It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers Project is public! 1992 Main designer, Vaclav Aulicky Alex Bem Jiri Kozak pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski Everyday 10:00-23:30 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 35
photo: Bas Gijselhart photo: Bas Gijselhart The Villa Mueller Nad Hradním vodojemem 14 162 00 Prague http://wwwmullerovavilacz/ Villa Müller is an architectural structure designed by Adolf Loos, in 1930 The house was designed originally for Mr Frantisek Müller and his wife, Milada Müller Known as an innovative landmark of early modernist architecture, the Villa Müller embodies Loos' ideas of economy and functionality The spatial design, known as Raumplan, is evident in the multi-level parts of individual rooms, indicating their function and symbolic importance Raumplan is exhibited in the interior as well as the exteriorthe exterior displayed Loos' theory discussed in his 1908 essay, "Ornament and Crime" In the essay, Loos criticized decorated surfaces For the exterior of the Villa Müller, Loos designed a white, cubic façade He also wanted to distinguish between the outside, where the view could be seen by the public eye, and the inside, the private spaces of those who lived there Consequently, the interior is lavishly decorated with comfortable furniture and marble, wood, and silk surfaces Project is public! photo: Nazar Leskiw 1930 Adolf Loos pkrajewski_pl April-October: Tuesdays, Thursdays and weekends: 9am - 6pm Tours begin at 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm November-March: Tuesdays, Thursdays and weekends: 10am - 5pm Tours begin at 10am, 12 noon, 2pm and 4pm Metro Line A (green) to Hradčanská station then tram no1 or no 18 to the Ořechovka stop http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 36
photo: Piotr Krajewski Footbridge on riverbank Rohanske Rohanské nábre 1 150 00 Prague Construction of footbridge is a part of administrative and business centre River City Prague The footbridge brings there communication and architectonic element which becomes a gateway to this new area It creates distinctive signal which catches visitor's attention by arrival from both sides - Karlín (part of city) and riverbank Rohanské The footbridge is horizontally and vertically spatially curved arc That is the reason why it looks very interesting, especially from the Karlín's view The shape anomaly is even more emphasized by contrast between smooth bottom edge and gradual upper side of the arc which follows the shape of stairway and bridge floor The entire composition is made of three in color harmony materials These are - grinding stainless steel of handrail and stair edges, grey-black matt steel structure of the footbridge and sand hue of flooring (text from architects website) Project is public! 2002 FACT RCP ISC, sro pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 37
photo: Piotr Krajewski Nile House Rohanské nábre 10 180 00 Prague This is a multifunctional building with a predominantly administrative function with seven floors above ground and three below ground On the ground floor there is an entrance hall, shops, services and offices On the other floors (1st to 6th floor) there are rentable office spaces The first and second underground floors serve as the parking and equipment areas of the building On the third level there are induction pipes of the ventilation system and ventilation pant rooms urally the most remarkable part of the building is the atrium, where corkscrew stairs dominate the space The atrium area is planted with full-grown trees The bearing structure of the building is made of reinforced concrete Natural stone (green granite) is used for the external cladding of the building The office space façades oriented to the atrium are glass fronted A system of steel columns and girders is used for the bearing structure of the atrium photo: Piotr Krajewski Public access unknown! Floor area/size 2005 24030 m² ATREA RCP Delta sro pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 38
photo: Piotr Krajewski River Diamond Apartments Rohanské nábr 2 180 00 Prague http://wwwriverdiamondcz The building is composed of two wings perpendicular to the river and a southern wing placed along Rohanské Nábre street The south wing is designed as a simple solid volume with flat façades whose task is to be a 'partner' to large and monumental office buildings of the River City complex It is clad in sandstone Its façade is an abstract composition of glazed planes of varying size, horizontal fragments of cornices, large shopfront of ground floor showroom and showroom entry canopy placed on the central axis of this façade The southern façade is perceived by developers and architects as crucial in terms of presentation of the building to the city Whilst the south wing is a piece of monumental city architecture, the two other wings are more residential in nature The two wings perpendicular to the river are richer in form and articulation photo: Piotr Krajewski Project is public! 2005 Safer Hajek and Associates Riverbank Development sro pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 39
photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Danube House Karolinská 650 18600 Prague Danube House finished in summer 2003, is a part of the River City complex at the banks of the Vltava River in the Prague district of Karlín The office building houses has a spacious atrium on the ground floor, resembling an outdoor space - there are only building blocks, concrete columns, a fresh-water pool, and a modern reception deskthis highly attractive space is frequently used for various social events and company partieson the ground floor, there are also a modern restaurant, a café, and a bistro Combined, these premises may accommodate events for up to 1,000 people Project is public! 5-2003 Structural engineer Structural engineer Contractor ADNS RECOC RFR Ingénieurs Consulting Engineers Strabag pkrajewski_pl photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 40
photo: Filip Landa House with a studio Kamenná 13 63900 Brno The 'House with a studio' is a sibling of the villa on the adjacent Red Hill Both houses stand on just one building site whose northern edge is formed by Kamenná Street and the southern edge by the peak of Red Hill In addition, Kamenná Street bends dramatically at the building at number 13, therefore the house facing the street creates an urbanistically attractive viewpoint The architect - designer of the lower house and a brother of the developer of the upper house - was well aware of the strength of the genius loci His variety of expression is rich and much more adaptable to the concrete conditions of the building site than one sees by a majority of Brno architects whose premise was the orthogonal Post-Functionalism Project is public! Floor area/size 2005 183 m² Fránek s Filipoid http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 41
photo: Filip Slapal photo: Filip Slapal Library of Faculty of Philosophy of Masaryk University Arne Nováka 1 60200 Brno http://wwwmunicz/phil Concealed within a labyrinth of buildings in the centre of Brno is the Art Faculty Library at Masaryk University Together with the faculty building, it forms a complex that comprises almost half an urban block Yet in their outlines, form, utilisation and origin the two buildings could not possibly be more different In the immediate neighbourhood are picturesque gardens and some residential buildings which close off the block on the other side It is in this context that the library makes its appearance, displaying strictly rectangular volumes, an abstract surface and none of the traditional articulation of windows and roof photo: Filip Slapal Project is public! 2001 Kuba & Pilar Architekti Amalka Reading room hours: Monday - Friday: 0900-2000 Saturday & Sunday: 0900-1700 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 42
photo: Helen Postawka photo: Helen Postawka Villa Tugendhat Cernopolní 45 613 00 Brno http://wwwtugendhat-villacz/htmlen/indexhtml Villa Tugendhat in Brno,, was built for Fritz and Gerta Tugendhat, an entrepreneuring couple in the textile industry Employing Mies van der Rohe, Mr Tugendhat stressed that he was "utterly horrified by rooms full of figurines and blankets" The villa, built between 1927-1930, consists of three floors On the first one (the basement floor), utility areas for maintenance and technical operations of the house are located The second, the main floor, contains a representative living room, a library, a winter garden and a dining room On the third floor are bedrooms and a bathroom The building is constructed with a steel frame, which permits to create a spatial and bright interior The whole interior of the house was also designed especially for the Tugendhats, with the use of sophisticated materials like travertine, milk glass, chrome-coated metal, stainless steel, honey-yellow onyx and exotic wood photo: Helen Postawka Project is public! 1930 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe helenita Wednesday - Sunday: 1000-1800 / There are only guided tours, which are provided every hour / Last admission: 1700 Tram connection: 3, 5, 11 / Get off at the Children's Hospital http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 43
photo: Viktor Tonner photo: Viktor Tonner Prague National Technical Library Technická 6 16000 Prague http://wwwtechlibcz/cs/# photo: Viktor Tonner In 2000 Projektil Architekti won the competition for the National Technical Library on the Czech Technical University's Dejvicka campus The library features six floors above grade and three floors below The latter houses parking, storage and other non-daylight functions, and the former's mass sits behind a pleasing double-wall glass façade, softened by the doughnut-shaped building's rounded corners Approaching the stand-alone building from the surrounding campus, the library veils its content behind the finely proportioned glazing A prominent horizontal band and matching vertical marks break up an otherwise homogenous façade Access from any of the four sides is via recessed portals that give way to a central atrium It is this space that is the heart of the project, a colourful space not anticipated by the exterior's formal treatment or lack of colour (text from wwwarchidoseorg) Project is public! Floor area/size 9-2009 51434 m² Projektil Architekti Státní technická knihovna vtr 24/7 Metro A - Vitezne namesti http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 44
photo: Viktor Tonner photo: Viktor Tonner DOX Contemporary Art Center Poupetova 1 17000 Prague http://wwwdoxpragueorg/ The DOX Contemporary Art Center is a symbol of the district's rebirth Located in a complex of industrial buildings, a former metal factory from the late 19th century provides an ideal setting in which to present contemporary art The architect, Ivan Kroupa, has combined the existing buildings with new structures to create a complex that links the site's history and its new function The horizontal nature of the buildings and their layout allow for a great degree of flexibility, a significant factor given the highly variable scale of contemporary art Project is public! 2008, Interior architect Ivan Kroupa architekti vtr DOX Prague photo: Viktor Tonner Monday: 1000-1800 Tuesday: closed Wednesday - Friday: 1100-1900 Saturday - Sunday: 1000-1800 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 45
photo: Tomas Soucek photo: Tomas Soucek CSOB Group Headquarters Radlická 333 15057 Prague http://wwwcsobcz The investor sought a modern office building, stripped of unnecessary ostentation With a flexible layout, it could be easily transformed to reflect the changing requirements of a contemporary bank headquarters The design was modelled on a traditional low-rise urban structure, composed of multiple houses grouped into a perfectly harmonious whole through gradual development The choice of effective, high-tech façade screen protection constitutes a realistic presumption that the energy requirements of the building will be substantially reduced The use of such advanced façade systems made it possible to benefit from the advantages offered by both traditional masonry and modern all-glass buildings, permitting visual quality contact with the immediate context photo: Nazar Leskiw Project is public! 2007, Interior architect Josef Pleskot vtr CSOB Group Call or send an e-mail if you would like to visit the interior: 224 111 111 / info@csobcz http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 46
photo: Alexander Koller photo: Alexander Koller Red Room Stubenring 20 1010 Vienna Austria http://wwwred-roomat/ Continuing its previous work for the Comida Restaurant in Vienna, Söhne & Partners transformed the basement of the eatery into a modestly decorated space-age club: the Red Room Cloaked entirely in one shade of red velvet, Red Room's walls, ceiling and furniture merge into one another, connecting the different areas and providing a stark contrast to the club's polished white flooring and several other white features, including the bar and DJ deck Influenced by the 1968 science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, a classic co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, the interior radiates an air of calmness enhanced by a sense of sheer lightness Söhne & Partner clad nearly all surfaces of the club in velvet to add character to the interior design Adding a dimension of flexibility to the seating arrangement, red poufs scattered liberally throughout the club float like globules of blood on the translucent grid of white glass photo: Alexander Koller Project is public! Floor area/size 12-2005 125 m² Interior architect Soehne & Partner Architekten Sunshine Enterprises soehne_partner 2100-0200 Tram: 1 or U3 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 47
photo: Gregor Pils photo: Gregor Pils Pallet House Karlsplatz Vienna Austria Pallets are available worldwide and used in different ways, eg for transport with railway cars, ship containers and trucks At the end of their life cycle -after transportation- they are usually burned Hence, it is of global concern to find a follow-up use for them For building a 60m2 pallet house, 900 reconditioned pallets are needed The pallet is used as detachable façade element, ceiling element, wall element, as blind and as sunscreen The space between the pallets contains beams, insulation, cables and lighting Due to the use of 900 recycled pallets for the basic structure and of cellulose or sand as insulation, the building is highly ecological and sustainable The need for other materials is reduced to a minimum Pallet houses could replace low-cost shelters in slums and in refugee camps, which could be built easily by locals with local materials Today popular for transport only, in the future pallets could additionally become a construction element for poor and for rich photo: Gregor Pils Project is public! Floor area/size 2009 60 m² Main designer, Associate architect Associate architect Gregor Pils Andreas Claus Schnetzer Karin Stieldorf Pekka Janhunen ana_struna_bregar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 48
Deer Moat Pathway U Prasného mostu 10 11000 Prague The pathway through the Deer Moat to Prague Castle, designed by Josef Pleskot AP Atelier in 2002, is a truly wonderful experience The entrance is somewhat hidden from the tourist traffic and is a perfect retreat from the crowd The tunnel is composed primarily of arching brick patterns, alternating in length to create a smooth and simple appearance This is coupled with the accent lights that wash only one side of the tube The result is a beautiful and solemn experience that greatly contrasts with the bright airy feeling of the exterior on both ends (text from website GOA The Cultural Exchange) photo: Piotr Krajewski Project is public! 2002 Josef Pleskot pkrajewski_pl It is quite hard to find the tunnel You have to go down from U Prasného mostu (bridge) to Deer Moat Park and then try to find the pathway under the 'bridge', between the two sides of the park http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 49
photo: Piotr Krajewski EURO Palace Václavské námestí 2 11000 Prague The transparent glass wall, which has an 'aerodynamically-curved' shape, defines the immaterial corner volume - its delicacy is possible due to the double-glass façade with ventilated airspace By contrast, a second part of the project presents the corner as a cubical, austere body, which is formed by a layer of adjustable golden screens The screens regulate the interior's luminous comfort In the most exposed spot of the building, the inner cube breaks through the calm horizontal body and creates a dominant tower - its height equivalent to the nearby Koruna Palace The light glass coat, which 'calms down' the general effect of the building, hides the administrative mass in relation to its neighbouring, historical buildings (text from architects' website) Project is public! 2002 DaM LBB Reality sro pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 50
photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Residential Complex Na Krutci Na krutci 16400 Prague http://wwwkruteccz The lot of land designated for this new residential complex is situated on the boundary between the civic housing area and the open countryside The concept of the solution emerges exactly from this fact The upper, only slightly-sloping southern part of the area, connects with its designed orthogonal structure to the street pattern of the neighbouring residential suburb Residential houses, terraced family houses and the entrance building are situated in this area The eastern part of the urban plan comprises the sports hall with outdoor tennis courts, playgrounds for other ball games and a leisure-time grassland with a children's playground The row of four residential houses, situated on the edge where the area starts to slope steeply northwards, forms a dividing line in the character of the buildings (text from http://wwwmiesarchcom) photo: Piotr Krajewski Project is not public! 2008 Kuba & Pilar Architekti pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 51
photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Block of Flats Gymnastická Gymnastická 2418/2 169 00 Prague This block of flats, designed at the crossing point of Gymnastická and Za Strahovem streets in Prague 6, was initiated under the working title 'A block on the ground zero' The specific lot, located in a very attractive area, has significantly influenced the architectonical, construction and static solutions of the building (text from archiweb) Project is not public! 2007 Atelier ANTA pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 52
photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Restaurant Praha Expo 58 Letenské sady 1500 17000 Prague The restaurant Expo 58 was built together with an exhibition pavilion, in order to represent former Czechoslovakia at the World Expo in Brussels in 1958 After the huge success at the exhibition, the building was dismantled and transfered back to Prague The building was then used for its original purpose The restaurant was sold in 1991 to a private owner and further changes of owners, problematic managment and vandalism almost led to its destruction In 2001, the building was restored On the one hand, the restaurant was saved, but its purpose was changed as well Also, the interior of the newly reconstructed building has nothing to do with the original one Currently, the Expo restaurant is the domicile of an advertising agency (text from http://wwwpraha7cz) Public access unknown! 1960 Main designer, Frantisek Cubr Josef Hruby Zdenek Pokorný pkrajewski_pl photo: Piotr Krajewski http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 53
photo: Piotr Krajewski photo: Piotr Krajewski Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia Wilsonova 4 110 00 Prague The building of the Federal Parliament of Czechoslovakia was built in 1973/74 by architect Karel Prager After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, it was used by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty until November 2008 Today, it is property of the National Museum and will be reconstructed for museum expositions and connected to the historical building of the National Museum, adjacent to the right (text from Wikimapia) photo: Piotr Krajewski Public access unknown! 1974 Karel Prager pkrajewski_pl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 54
photo: Frankss photo: Frankss Haus mit Veranden Buchengasse 157 1100 Vienna Austria This "Haus mit Veranden" (house with verandas) consists of 250 apartments organized in a remarkable setting From a 1 and 2 story plinth carved with open spaces and private patio courtyards, the upper building is formed, drawing back from the lower, differentiated block edge The detached buildings are grouped by their terracing, cuts and projecting individual porches This approach offers the residents and neighbours open space, views and day light, despite the high density The principle of the floor plan is based on a simple module system that allows a collage of versatile floor plans A wide range of shared open spaces of different qualities and organization enrich the residential oasis, such as gardens, hot tub and sauna on the roof, playgrounds and introverted loggias Project is public! Floor area/size 6-2008 32037 m² Building physics consultant Technical engineer Contractor Structural engineer Rüdiger Lainer + Partner Hans Dworak Schmidt Reuter Strabag Vasko+Partner Ingenieure Heimbau/Eisenhof Franks photo: Frankss Take tram 6 (direction: Zentralfriedhof) and get off at tram stop Quellenstraße/Knöllgasse Walk in southern direction and you will cross Buchengasse The project is one block to your left http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 55
photo: Martin Zeman photo: Martin Zeman Dahlia Inn Lipova 1444 12000 Prague http://wwwdahliainncom Interior of hostel Dahlia A plant motive in simple graphic art has flowered on the walls in the interior, because of the hostel name It flowers in rooms in various colours The interior architect has formed an expressive element from the small reception table by chamfering it photo: Martin Zeman Project is public! Floor area/size 5-2008 158 m² Interior architect OOOOX OOOOX http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 56
Semilasso Palackeho trida 126 612 00 Brno http://wwwsemilassocz Reconstruction and extension of the Semilasso cultural centre Project is public! 2003 RAW AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 57
Geodis Brno Lazaretni 11a 615 00 Brno Administrative and operational building of the company GEODIS, situated next to the train station Brno-Zidenice The will to bring order into the inconsistent built-up surroundings led to the clear and lapidary expression of the building Two wings enclose an inner atrium which partly opens to passers-by Public access unknown! 1995 Burian-Krivinka AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 58
Reconstruction of the Humanic Building Namesti Svobody 11 602 00 Brno Department store on Freedom Square in Brno's historic centre With a red plaster façade reminiscent of corrugated iron sheet Originally, the building had a historicist façade which was destroyed during WW II photo: Dirk Verwoerd Project is public! 9-2001 RAW AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 59
E-passage Josefska 698/9 602 00 Brno A contemporary building in the historical city, mediating between two-storey houses in the one street and four-storey houses in the other street; and creating a corner that manifests itself in its built surroundings Project is public! 2002 Main designer, Pelcak A Partner Architekti Architekti Hrusa AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 60
Headquarters of the Transport Company Novobranska 693/18 602 00 Brno The facade is from travertine (two lower floors) and plaster (upper floors) From far it looks like one material, only from close the difference becomes visible It is a composition with a regular rhythm of 8 and 4 window axes punctuated by wider "corner windows" Project is public! 2001 Main designer, DRNH RAW AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 61
House in Mokra Hora Tumananova 258/25a 621 00 Brno The plaster of the façade is arranged with a view to the character of the sides The eastern street façade next to a busy street is cut with a thin belt of windows on the upper floor The western façade opens up to the garden Project is not public! 2002 RAW AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 62
Restaurant Lvi Dvur (Lion's Court) U prasneho mostu 6/51 118 00 Prague http://wwwlvidvurcz To create an enclosed courtyard, this wing was added to a historic building Not to offend the gravity and dignity of Prague Castle, the building avoids flippancy or frivolity Project is public! 5-1995 Josef Pleskot AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 63
Administrative Building BDO Olbrachtova 5 140 00 Prague The aim was to create an office building that does not attract too much attention but also doesn't have an anonymous character With its shape it reacts to its urban context Public access unknown! 7-2000 Josef Pleskot AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 64
Office Centre Vinohrady Rimska 499/15 120 00 Prague The building offers high standard offices (back then in 1994, five years after the Velvet Revolution) The façades are clad with dark greyish-green Brazilian granite The triple glazed windows are from natural Scandinavian pine wood and are equipped with wooden roller shutters Public access unknown! 1994 ADNS AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 65
photo: Paul Ott photo: fasch&fuchs Busgarage Wiener Linien Katharina-Scheiter-Gasse 6 1210 Vienna Austria The bus garage consists of several halls for repair and maintenance work as well as for parking the buses that run on liquid gas The halls are completed by an administrative building Order and organisation of all parts of the structure are determined by the natural order of vehicles entering the garage, being checked, refuelled, maintained and parked before again leaving The administrative structure to the north serves as linking element and spine for the two main halls (maintenance and parking) In order to guarantee optimal natural illumination without any overheating in summer, offices and staff rooms in the administrative area face north The wardrobes are placed alongside the wall separating the building from the maintenance and parking hall The building is naturally illuminated and ventilated by incised court yards on the first floor, generously providing the corridors inside with light and air photo: Paul Ott Project is not public! Floor area/size 2-2007 26200 m² Structural engineer fasch & fuchs Werkraum Wien Wiener Linien gmbh & co kg fasch_fuchs http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 66
photo: Radek Plíhal photo: Radek Plíhal Office building GAMMA Za Brumlovkou 266 14000 Prague This office building is the second part of BBcenter development south part, characterised by large green areas and respect for environmental impacts The complex shape of the premises corresponds to the building's size of ten above ground and three underground floors Its immediate location near the road means visibility for the tenants but noise burden from the high-capacity road Gamma consistently solved the noise reflection from the building to the opposite block of apartments with a sound-absorbing facade including a curved ground floor articulated to the individual scales Project is not public! 2007 Aulik Fiser s BBC Building GAMMA as, developer Passerinvest OndraT photo: Radek Plíhal http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 67
Under Palacky Hill Bochorakova 13 616 00 Brno The ensemble consists of three different types of apartment houses: A small atrium house with an intimate outdoor space, a three-storey structure with apartments which all have direct access from outside and a four-storey apartment house with an underground parking included Project is not public! 2010 Main designer, Pelcak A Partner Architekti Architekti Hrusa AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 68
New Jundrov Optatova 46 63700 Brno Four apartment houses with two entrances each are placed into a slope at the very fringe of the city The slope is used to place the underground garages and to create terraces that define the space between the houses and guarantees the privacy of the gardens of the ground floor apartments The houses have two to three full floors and the upper floor is set-back The special qualities of the houses are the big balconies that allow to place there a real dining table, the generous entrance halls and the naturally top-lit staircases The monochromatic look of the building elements gives the houses their compact appearance Project is not public! 2009 Main designer, Pelcak A Partner Architekti Architekti Hrusa AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 69
Administrative Building Videnska Videnska 63 63900 Brno The location of the building is on the main radial direction Vienna Its surroundings are of very heterogeneous types and qualities of buildings The designed object respects the street line of the neighbouring administrative building from the 60's By its set-back from the street it creates a comfortable public space The trees stress the entrance to the building and strengthen the character of the street Also in height, the building respects its neighbour Its simple cubic shape and the materiality emphasize the urbanity of the house Project is not public! 2009 Main designer, Pelcak A Partner Architekti Architekti Hrusa AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 70
Apartment House Videnska Videnska 34 63900 Brno A small and tricky site at the corner None of the two streets has a real street front Next to the house are two remnants in front of which there is already not enough pavement due to the widening of the street during the time when the tram line was introduced Therefore the new building is set back It works as a noise barrier: the apartments are facing the calm West and are accessed by a glazed gallery oriented to the busy street The oriel looks at the Spilberk castle and stresses the corner situation Project is not public! 2005 Main designer, Pelcak A Partner Architekti Architekti Hrusa AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 71
Trinity Trnita 5 60200 Brno The triangular lot is divided into three subtly differentiated buildings The long perimeter of the block is characterised by the rhythm of the raster of the façade which in each of the three buildings has a different tectonic The choice of noble and decent materials evokes the image of a city palace Project is not public! 2009 Main designer, Pelcak A Partner Architekti RAW AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 72
photo: Hertha Hurnaus photo: Hertha Hurnaus Neu 31 Neuwaldegger Strasse 31 1170 Vienna Austria The concept of the overlapping spatial structure, open to the outside as well as inside, with symbiotically conjoined residential and office accommodation units is not merely a lip service here, it runs throughout all parts of the building - the spatial solution appeared that beneficial to the architects to occupy it by themselves The concept was to create a four-level diaphanous structure, which integrates all functions of living and working and yet offers enough privacy All rooms and apartments are interlaced into each other and open not only to the outside but to the inside as well This radically breaks with the classical scheme of a cube, which is bordered by four walls photo: Hertha Hurnaus Project is not public! Floor area/size 12-2010 840 m² SUPERBLOCK Neu 31 Raumgesellschaft mbh superblock Tram No 43 / station "Neuwaldegg", 5 minutes walk along the Neuwaldegger street http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 73
photo: Jan Kroupa photo: Jan Kroupa Nova Brumlovka Leisure Center Vyskocilova 2/1100 14000 Prague http://wwwbrumlovkacom The wellness center has two floors devoted to sport A shed roof with a very slight pitch conceals retreating relaxation terrace that extends from the aqua-zone one level below from the gaze of the higher building The ground floor has two restaurants, a post office, small shops and a bar The building creates optical harmony between the centre and neighbouring office buildings Its different architectural form suits its different function With the exception of expanses of glass, the exterior cladding is made of perforated trapezoidal sheet metal, whose colour changes throughout the day Project is public! Floor area/size 2007 6150 m² Aulik Fiser s CV Nová Brumlovka as & Passerinvest OndraT photo: Jan Kroupa http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 74
photo: Veroslav Sixt photo: Veroslav Sixt Administrative building Bulldog Pretlucká 3354/12 10000 Prague The administrative building of Bulldog company is located in the periphery of Prague There were many problems with the project; a very narrow building site, limited height and a very low budget The young studio Sfera architects has done a courageous work The house is planted into locality like a seed which opens the debate about architecture in similar locations The facade is crucial for the whole project It covers the house like a feather veil and it shows the specialization of Bulldog company producing outdoor advertising campaigns The position and character of openings hides the readability of the floors The house is modest though it seems attractive and perfectly representative Project is public! Floor area/size 8-2011 380 m² Sfera Atelier Bulldog Filipoid photo: Veroslav Sixt Metro A: Skalka Tram 22, station Na Padesátém http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 75
Housing Kridlovicka Kridlovicka 23 603 00 Brno This apartment house closes an existing block of houses Its main motif are the blue balcony railings Project is not public! 2009 RAW AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 76
Housing Kopecna Leitnerova 34 602 00 Brno This housing project in a steep Brno street silently attracts attention with its thoughtfully articulated entrances, staircases and offsets Project is not public! 2008 RAW AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 77
photo: Cafe Onyx Zamecnicka 1 602 00 Brno http://wwwcafeonyxcz/ The design for this cafe interior is a reference to the onyx wall in Villa Tugendhat by Mies van der Rohe Project is public! 2004 RAW AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 78
Cafe Steiner Gorkeho 38 602 00 Brno http://wwwcafesteinercz The interior walls of this cafe are clad with wooden pieces normally used for folding yardsticks Project is public! 2002 RAW AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 79
Commercial Administrative Centre Zarosicka 13 628 00 Brno The stucco façade of this office building, with a restaurant and shops on the ground floor, is hand crafted It resembles corrugated metal sheets Project is not public! 2005 RAW AdrianEwig http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 80
photo: Aulík Fíšer s photo: Aulík Fíšer s Office building E U Pomníku 01 14000 Prague The office building E is the very last piece of development completing the northern part of the BB Center complex along Vyskocilova (street) and a ramp to 5kvetna (street) So, towards the city centre the bldg E closes the planned 'protection shield' against the negative impact of city highway traffic on residential houses planned for the second phase of development This part of the Prague-Michle district has now been revitalized, reintroducing the urban environment with multiple functions and restoring it the way it was before the highway '5kvetna street' completely destroyed it photo: Aulík Fíšer s Floor area/size 2007 10400 m² Aulik Fiser s BBC Building E as, developer Passerinvest OndraT http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 81
photo: afarch photo: afarch Office Building Na Vítezné Pláni Na Vítezné pláni 01 14000 Prague While designing this building the architects recognized the unique position of this place within the Prague relief and spatial relations The relief edge starting at the site ends by the Vysehrad (castle) creating a skyline for Vinohrady (quarter) across the valley Despite the robust character of the Nuselský most (bridge) and nearby buildings resting on this edge, they tried to follow the fine features of the dominant Karlov (church) and Vysehrad; they wanted to adhere to the accents whose scale does not oust them from the urban environment, but make it its natural component So, the building designed in close vicinity of the Police Headquarters establishes a transition between the XL scale of the front of the Nuselský bridge and surrounding blocks of flats Project is not public! Floor area/size 2008 4435 m² Aulik Fiser s SKANSKA Property, sro OndraT photo: afarch http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 82
photo: Iztok Lemajic photo: Iztok Lemajic WirtschaftsBlatt Hainburger Strasse 33 1110 Vienna Austria A fast free-flow of information of today's world dictates open and fluid workspaces which provide fast communication and quick transfer of information This concept is integrated in the WB office design as a combination of a large open office space and individual introverted units Within the open space meeting islands are placed to provide points of interaction between people during the work process Islands ensure visual and acoustic privacy for meetings, discussions, interviews etc The space is divided by subtle graphics that visually separates and unites it at the same time The graphic elements represent the iconised content of WirtschaftsBlatt, including the typical elements of Vienna and Austria The new office concept has brought the needed openness, freshness and a new spirit to the workspace and consequently to the work process photo: Iztok Lemajic Project is not public! Floor area/size 8-2011 1700 m² General consultant IDFL design MOOCON GmbH WirtschaftsBlatt Verlag AG idfl http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 83
photo: Jan Kudej photo: Community center Za Brumlovkou 14000 Prague While looking for an architectural form the architects have faced a task that a simple and unpretending building reflecting its purpose would look appropriately in the neighbourhood of office buildings of an absolutely different scale Even the so far smallest Brumlovka fitness building was much bigger We found a generous format of a single 'window' into the 'pronaos', an exterior covered open vestibule in front of the entrance, as the means of balancing the surrounding buildings' scale Its horizontal proportion is directly derived from the elementary prism of the whole building, also horizontal one and of the same dimension The window is the key motive of the façade and the whole building; figures of people passing behind or standing here are partly hidden from the busy street life behind a screen of bamboo trees photo: Jan Kudej 1-2009 Aulik Fiser s Maranatha os OndraT http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 84
photo: Andrea Thiel Lhotakova photo: Andrea Thiel Lhotakova Family house in Kunratice Na Lhotech 14800 Prague This plot's main value that influenced the concept of this two-storied house with a cellar below a part of it is its direct link to Kunratický les (forest) The main living quarters, the viewing centreline passing through the entire ground floor and the two-storied vertical space are opened towards the forest The house was designed as a relatively small one respecting the overall suitability, for one part of glazing transforms into a roof here Yet it is sufficient enough to see the selected strip of the garden, forest and sky as a whole, in one vertical format photo: Andrea Thiel Lhotakova Project is not public! 1-2009 Aulik Fiser s private OndraT http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 85
photo: Aulik Fiser s photo: Aulik Fiser s Office building Alpha Vyskocilova 14000 Prague The concept is strongly affected by the close main road 5 kvetna with a slip ramp is of a straight-line highway character It establishes a residual area, which is a typical feature of civil structures outside a city defined by the sharp intersection with Vykocilova (street) and two different levels of both roads It was the need to define the building in terms of the highway, against its lines determining the building's outline the highway never had reckoned with, that was so important in course of searching for the form of the building The turf on the highway's slope hiding a part of the building establishes a reducing element between the town and out-of-town environment photo: Aulik Fiser s Project is not public! 2003 Aulik Fiser s BBC Building Alpha as, developer Passerinvest OndraT http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 86
photo: Aulik Fiser s photo: Office building Beta Vyskocilova 14000 Prague The Beta office building was designed to match the new development of a similar typology It is not in touch with the highway as are some neighbouring buildings, does not relate to the existing houses on the opposite side of the street and does not have to cope with the contradictory effects of its surroundings It may be a simple universal box offering offices to the landlord not far from looking like former premises of factories nowadays replaced by office buildings due to modern job opportunities Absolutely flat facades are not meant to be an abstract composition, but a structure wrapping the whole building It introduces a rhythm to the interior by three types of natural lighting - by windows of variable heights of plinths and walls above lintels offering various types of office areas (an open space, an individual office, a meeting room) Two atriums separated by a bridge between two lift cores improve the natural lighting of internal areas photo: Aulik Fiser s Project is not public! Floor area/size 1-2005 11500 m² Aulik Fiser s BBC Building BETA as, developer Passerinvest OndraT http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 87
photo: Aulik Fiser s photo: Aulik Fiser s Residential houses in Brno Vrbovecká Brno The plasticity of seemingly flat things, a fine game of lights and shades on planes and grating, a relative scale - a compact forest, a panel house - a slab An important motive is the position on the edge of a group of panel houses and the elementary goal is creating architecture of buildings as a transition from a panel development to a free landscape - flats as close to the forest as possible, a forest penetrating in to the flats - large windows, wood to balconies The design emphasizes simple clear shapes and proportions of the whole building and details The north façade facing the panel houses is completely flat; their articulation projecting the internal arrangement of sections and corridors materializes in shallow embossments on the basic mass' level - an exemption are the broken and emphasised entrances to the buildings or individual sections, as the case may be The south front is on the contrary, richer in shapes and materials photo: Aulik Fiser s Project is not public! 1-2001 Aulik Fiser s PSJ Invest OndraT http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 88
photo: Kyzlink photo: Kyzlink Interior design AVG Holandska 4 602 00 Brno The AVG office space is entirely unique as it gives its employees maximum opportunities to relax at any time during the day There are 'relaxing zones' on each floor, where everybody can re-vitalize and draw new energy for further work Anyone can choose an environment according to their feeling, people can relax while sitting on the beach, playing table football or discussing work related issues at the billiard table in the Gentlemen's Club Each zone was designed with a different vision and also in various colours to create an atmosphere evoking different moods The architects paid special attention to the innovative furniture The employees particularly enjoy resting on the relaxing beanbags and they can also relax on board a fishing boat An unusual solution was implemented to provide enough privacy for making phone calls The architects came up with special phone booths It is the idea of a tiny room, where anyone can make a phone call without disturbing other people at work photo: Kyzlink Project is not public! 11-2010 Interior architect Kyzlink AVG Technologies KYZLINK http://wwwmimoaeu/users/wien/guides/wien/ 89