Hundertwasserhaus
The Hundertwasserhaus, or “Hundertwasser house,” turns one artist’s ideas into housing: Vienna apartment living designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser and completed in 1985. The project’s concept begins with Hundertwasser’s shift from painting toward architecture—by the early 1950s he increasingly focused on buildings, and by 1972 he was already preparing architectural models for the TV show *Wünsch dir was* to explain ideas like forested roofs, “tree tenants,” and each resident’s “window right.” A breakthrough came when Bruno Kreisky, then federal chancellor, wrote on 30 November 1977 to Leopold Gratz, the mayor of Vienna, suggesting Hundertwasser be allowed to realize his housing vision; Gratz replied on 15 December 1977 with an invitation. Architect Josef Zhongli Krawina joined the artist to translate those concepts into design after presenting preliminary drawings and a Styrofoam model in August and September 1979. …
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