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WRITTEN DESIGN SUGGESTIONS FOR THREE HOLIDAY HOUSES FOR ARCHITECT CZERNIN
Architectural concept

Two open letters to the architect Peter Czernin, Vienna. Proposed embellishments for three holiday houses

Venedig / Venice, 1968

In an open letter in the newspaper "Express" the architect Peter Czernin asked Hundertwasser to develop artistic designs for three houses in a holiday settlement in Mitterbach, Styria. Hundertwasser made the following suggestions in open letters of February 15 and March 1, 1968: 1. Grass and trees on the roof 2. Houses can be modified by the inhabitants (right of holidaymakers to change the interior and exterior of the house) 3. Artistic embellishments by Hundertwasser during construction.

mehr weniger
  • R. Schediwy, Hundertwassers Häuser, Vienna, 1999, p. 244
  • A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, p. 1179
  • Hundertwasser Architektur, Cologne, 2006, p. 311
  • Express, Feb. 16 1968, Vienna, p. 3 (letter of Feb. 15)