I went to the Hundertwasserhaus.
When Hundertwasser was born, his real name was Friedrich Stowasser. Sto, or "сто," in slavic languages, such as Russian, means one hundred. He simply replaced sto with the German word for one hundred, hundert. I'm not sure why he made the change. Early on in his career, he just started signing his paintings and works as Hundertwasser instead of Stowasser. He also changed his first name from Friedrich to Friedensreich. Later he also added two more middle names. Who knows why. He's an artist/architect so we don't need to ask questions. Also, his family was Jewish, so the change may have been prompted to hide from Hitler and his men. That sounds like a good reason.
It was pretty cool to walk up to this apartment complex. At first you see the crazy colors, the funky architecture and then the sidewalk.
I love all of the colors that he uses. I also love what he does with plain and boring walls. It is something so simply, yet it really gives the wall some character. Photo shoot, anyone?
Oh wait... a photo shoot totally happened (Thanks for tagging along Julia). She could totally use this as a recital poster/facebook profile/dating card. Something like this is destined to happen when you hang out with me. Also, that'll be 50 Euro, Julia.
I'm pretty sure it is impossible to not be happy here. All of these little details just makes one smile and feel and little bit younger inside.
And when you feel a little bit younger inside, you are able to do cool things...
Friedensreich Hundertwasser is the architect of this building. He loved bright colors. He opposed straight lines, opting for a more "organic" approach in architecture. Like the ground of the earth is not perfectly level and flat, so the floors in these apartments are not level and flat. He believed that all windows do not need to be the same size. He also loved to use ceramic tiles as accents.
When Hundertwasser was born, his real name was Friedrich Stowasser. Sto, or "сто," in slavic languages, such as Russian, means one hundred. He simply replaced sto with the German word for one hundred, hundert. I'm not sure why he made the change. Early on in his career, he just started signing his paintings and works as Hundertwasser instead of Stowasser. He also changed his first name from Friedrich to Friedensreich. Later he also added two more middle names. Who knows why. He's an artist/architect so we don't need to ask questions. Also, his family was Jewish, so the change may have been prompted to hide from Hitler and his men. That sounds like a good reason.
It was pretty cool to walk up to this apartment complex. At first you see the crazy colors, the funky architecture and then the sidewalk.
I love all of the colors that he uses. I also love what he does with plain and boring walls. It is something so simply, yet it really gives the wall some character. Photo shoot, anyone?
Oh wait... a photo shoot totally happened (Thanks for tagging along Julia). She could totally use this as a recital poster/facebook profile/dating card. Something like this is destined to happen when you hang out with me. Also, that'll be 50 Euro, Julia.
I'm pretty sure it is impossible to not be happy here. All of these little details just makes one smile and feel and little bit younger inside.
And when you feel a little bit younger inside, you are able to do cool things...
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