There are no straight lines either inside or on the facade of the Hundertwasser house. This is an extraordinary, mesmerizing sight - a strange attraction. According to its creator Friedensreich Hundertwasser, it is difficult for people to live in standard box houses and look at such buildings. He created a variety of houses with different levels of roofs and window openings, funny domes and strange arches, grass on the roofs and trees in the niches of living spaces. Hundertwasser described the architectural concept of the ideal home in several of his manifestos.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an extraordinary person from childhood. He stopped studying at the academy twice, but became thoroughly familiar with the work of the Impressionists, the theory of transautomatism, and avant-garde movements. Later he created his own graphic style and founded a creative academy - Pintorarium.
Hundertwasser's theory is most clearly represented by his house, covered with trees and plants. Inside the building there are multi-level floors, rounded corners and uneven stairs.
About two hundred people live in fifty apartments. There are always tourists near the house, but no one is allowed into the building - a notice is posted below so that the residents are not disturbed. Many people cannot stand such constant attention and move out of the apartment, although others immediately take their place.
Disorderly located windows have different sizes.
It is interesting that Hundertwasser always wore different socks. When asked why he behaved this way, he replied: “Why do you wear the same ones?”
Hundertwasser died of a heart attack while traveling on a liner across the Pacific Ocean. He was buried in New Zealand, at the "happy dead" cemetery.
Near the Hundertwasser house there is the Hundertwasser “Village” - a trade and exhibition center where you can see the master’s works and souvenirs. Complete asymmetry, an abundance of colors and a lot of oddities, even the toilet is like that!
By the way, a 10-minute walk from here is the Vienna House of Arts, also known as the Hundertwasser Museum.
Address: Kegelgasse 37-39. To get there, take tram №1, stop Hetzgasse, or U3 metro line, stop Rochusgasse.
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