A family centre for relatives of critically ill children at the Essen University Hospital
Effective area: 2,300 sqm
Living space and usable floor: 1,030 sqm (17 apartments)
Model 1:50, executed by Andreas Bodi, 2003
Laying of the foundation stone: July 1, 2004
Inauguration: July 1, 2005
In August 1999 Hundertwasser drew the initial sketches for this centre built for the families of children being treated for serious medical conditions at the university clinic in Essen. It is one of 22 Ronald McDonald houses in Germany, in which family members are given an opportunity to feel at home while their children are undergoing extended clinical treatment. Hundertwasser chose a site in the middle of Gruga Park, accepting the commission because he was interested not only in the social and human components, but also in demonstrating that the building could be constructed without destroying nature, indeed, that after the building was completed there would be even more nature than before. These were also the conditions that made it possible to locate the building in the middle of a nature preserve in one of Germany's most famous parks. The building was created in harmony with both nature and man's individual creativity.
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- Ar'site, insert of no. 48, 2015, pp. 3, 5 (c)
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- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2007, teNeues, Kempen
- Calendar, Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2007, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Calendar, Hundertwasser stripe Architecture Calendar 2007, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2008, teNeues, Kempen
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture, Borer & Wörner, Zug, 2008
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Jahresplaner 2008, Borer & Wörner, Zug
- Postcard, Schöning Verlag, Lübeck, 2008
- Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2009, teNeues, Kempen
- Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Architecture 2009, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2011, Wörner, Rutesheim (cover)
- Hundertwasser Pocket Art 2011, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Architecture 2011, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2011, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2012, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Calendar, RuhrKultur 2012, Mayersche Buchhandlung and Jochen Hinzer, Aachen/Essen
- Calendar, Hundertwasser Architecture 2013, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser Vertical Wall Calendar Architecture 2013, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Hundertwasser span-a-year Architecture Calendar 2013, Wörner, Rutesheim
- Post card, Wörner, Rutesheim, 2013 (repr. 2017) (AK-016)
- 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, 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 (cover and inside, details)
- 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)
- Post card, Wörner Verlag, Rutesheim, 2017 (AK-036)
- 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 (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)