Hundertwasser train station

In a letter dated November 30, to the incumbent mayor of Vienna, Leopold Gratz, the federal chancellor at the time, Bruno Kreisky, suggested that Hundertwasser be given the opportunity to realize his ideas in the field of architecture by allowing him to build a housing project.

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Leopold Gratz, in a letter of December 15, , invited Hundertwasser to create an apartment building according to his own specifications. The search for a suitable building plot took several years. Because Hundertwasser was not an architect he asked the City of Vienna to provide a professional architect willing to transpose his concepts into architectural drawings.

To this end, architect Josef Krawina was placed at his disposal. Model of the Terrace House, Hundertwasser succeeded in convincing the City of Vienna of the validity of his concept of a forested roof terrace house. Krawina was removed from the project and architect Peter Pelikan, an employee of the Magistratsabteilung 19 [Magistrate Department 19], took over the planning.

The foundation stone was laid on August 16, , and on February 17, , the house was presented to its inhabitants. Hundertwasser was on the construction site every day for a year. Since its construction the house has been reviewed by the international press and visited by millions of people.

Hundertwasser buildings in vienna

The house consists of a brick construction. The flats have various ground plans. There are one-storey and two-storey flats. Many apartments have protruding balconies or pergolas and loggias. A number of the terraces are publicly accessible, others are designated to the flats, and some are reserved for spontaneous vegetation.