ARCH 120
THE FOREST SPIRAL OF DARMSTADT
New building; c. 110 units, including 105 flats
Size of the grounds: c. 6,600 sqm
Residential spaces, net: c. 8,800 sqm
Structural engineering, rebuilt space: c. 30,000 cum
Model 1:50: Andreas Bodi, 1996
Presentation of the model: January 23, 1997
Laying of the foundation stone: November 12, 1998
Topping-out ceremony: August 10, 1999
Inauguration: September 15, 2000
1998 - 2000
Bürgerparkviertel, 64293 Darmstadt, Deutschland
Bauverein Darmstadt AG, Darmstadt
Heinz M. Springmann
The Bauverein Darmstadt (Darmstadt Building Association) commissioned Hundertwasser to design a housing complex with 105 residential units in the Bürgerpark area of Darmstadt. Hundertwasser's idea was to plan the building so that it rose up on the site in the form of an afforested spiral. The building begins to rise on the southwestern corner of the site in a constantly climbing meadow to a final height of nine stories on the southeastern corner of the site, where a twelve-story tower rises up 41 metres providing a unique accent. The facades were designed by Hundertwasser as an allegory of the earth's strata, of the sediment that has been deposited over millions of years.
This Hundertwasser architecture project was planned by Heinz Springmann who had already worked for Hundertwasser in Plochingen ("Living Beneath the Rain Tower") and in Wittenberg.
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- Calendar: Hundertwasser Häuser 2004, Kreuter Foto Kalender, Braunschweig
- Calendar: Hundertwasser Architektur 2004, B. Wörner, Zug
- Calendar: Hundertwasser Architektur 2004, Borer & Wörner Verlag, Zug
- Calendar: 2004 Hundertwasser Architektur Jahresplaner, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Calendar: Hundertwasser Architektur 2004, teNeues, Kempen
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2007, teNeues, Kempen
- Calendar, Hundertwasser plan-a-year Architecture Calendar 2007, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Calendar, Hundertwasser stripe Architecture Calendar 2007, Borer & Wörner, Zug
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- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2008, teNeues, Kempen
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture, Borer & Wörner, Zug, 2008
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Jahresplaner 2008, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2009, teNeues, Kempen
- Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Architecture 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2010, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2010, teNeues, Kempen
- Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Architecture 2010, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2010, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2011, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2012, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2012, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Architecture 2012, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2013, Wörner, Rutesheim (cover)
- Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Architecture 2013, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2013, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Art 2013, teNeues, Kempen
- Art print, Wörner, Rutesheim, 2013 (48 x 48 cm)
- Post card, Wörner, Rutesheim, 2013
- Art + Architecture International Calendar, Wörner, Rutesheim, 2013 (cover)
- Hundertwasser Diary 2014, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2014, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2014, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2014, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Architecture 2014, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim
- Calendar, F. Hundertwasser Green Architecture 2014, Tushita Verlag, Duisburg
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2015, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Architecture 2015, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2015, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser Slim Architecture Calendar 2016, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (detail)
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2016, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (detail)
- Hundertwasser square Architecture Calendar 2016, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (c, detail)
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2017, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (detail)
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2017, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (square size) (detail)
- Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Architecture 2017, Verlag, Rutesheim (detail)
- Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2017, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (detail)
- Kartenquartett, Darmstadt - Seine 33 architektonischen Sehenswürdigkeiten vom Achteckhaus zur Wald-Spirale, Darmstadt, 2016
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2018, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (square size) (detail)
- Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Architecture 2018, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (detail)
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2018, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (detail)
- Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2018, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (detail)
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2019, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (cover, detail)
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2019, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (detail)
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2019, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (square size) (detail)
- Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2019, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (detail)
- Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Architecture 2019, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim (detail)