Village square design of Paasdorf
Village square and parking lot are not separated into monofunctional zones, but are merged into a multi-layered, readable and usable whole. Depending on requirements, which vary greatly over the course of a day as well as seasonally, the square changes its appearance depending on its use. Almost every parking space is different in its state of not being used — from a wooden terrace, to a water basin, a playing field or a seating area. A landmark and at the same time an information compass for the “cultural landscape Paasdorf” is the bus stop Wolkon, which has been transformed into a public balcony.
Location
Mistelbach-Paasdorf, AT
Completion
2007
Client
Municipality of Paasdorf, Public Art Niederösterreich
Area
1.590 m²
Pictures
Hertha Hurnaus
Village square design of Paasdorf
Village square and parking lot are not separated into monofunctional zones, but are merged into a multi-layered, readable and usable whole. Depending on requirements, which vary greatly over the course of a day as well as seasonally, the square changes its appearance depending on its use. Almost every parking space is different in its state of not being used — from a wooden terrace, to a water basin, a playing field or a seating area. A landmark and at the same time an information compass for the “cultural landscape Paasdorf” is the bus stop Wolkon, which has been transformed into a public balcony.
Location
Mistelbach-Paasdorf, AT
Completion
2007
Client
Municipality of Paasdorf, Public Art Niederösterreich
Area
1.590 m²
Pictures
Hertha Hurnaus
20 installations — 1 public space
The exhibition GeschichtenOrt Hofburg aims to attract increased interest to the urban space between Michaelerplatz and the MuseumsQuartier: as the cultural and historical centre of this country, where the historical meets the contemporary, where not only the history of dominance but also the history of democracy and emancipation movements were written; as a place of European politics but also as a place of urban everyday and leisure life.
Cooperation Partner: Maria Welzig and Ingrid Holzschuh (curators), Bueronardin (Graphic Design)
20 installations — 1 public space
The exhibition GeschichtenOrt Hofburg aims to attract increased interest to the urban space between Michaelerplatz and the MuseumsQuartier: as the cultural and historical centre of this country, where the historical meets the contemporary, where not only the history of dominance but also the history of democracy and emancipation movements were written; as a place of European politics but also as a place of urban everyday and leisure life.
Cooperation Partner: Maria Welzig and Ingrid Holzschuh (curators), Bueronardin (Graphic Design)
Umgestaltung des Platz der Stadt Hof in Berlin-Neukölln
Die Leitidee ist die Gestaltung eines Platzes, der Freiraum im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes bildet, und nicht wie ein zu eng geschnittenes Korsett Möglichkeiten verhindert. Die vorgefundenen Elemente werden mit den neuen hinzugefügten verdichtet, und bilden einen neuen Brennpunkt am Platz: den sozialen Maschinist. Die Fläche wird freigeräumt. Die Platane als gestaltgebendes Element wird betont, und ihr wird ein funktionaler Gegenpol, der soziale Maschinist, als Dialogpartner gegenübergestellt. Das Leben am Platz spielt sich nun zwischen diesen beiden Polen ab: dem Ruhepol der schattenspendenden Platane, und den verschiedenen Aggregatszuständen des Sozialen Maschinisten, der einige Stücke spielen kann.
Kooperationspartner: Ton Matton
Category
Invited competition, honorable mention
Location
Berlin, DE
Year
2010
Client
Bezirksamt Berlin-Neukölln
Umgestaltung des Platz der Stadt Hof in Berlin-Neukölln
Die Leitidee ist die Gestaltung eines Platzes, der Freiraum im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes bildet, und nicht wie ein zu eng geschnittenes Korsett Möglichkeiten verhindert. Die vorgefundenen Elemente werden mit den neuen hinzugefügten verdichtet, und bilden einen neuen Brennpunkt am Platz: den sozialen Maschinist. Die Fläche wird freigeräumt. Die Platane als gestaltgebendes Element wird betont, und ihr wird ein funktionaler Gegenpol, der soziale Maschinist, als Dialogpartner gegenübergestellt. Das Leben am Platz spielt sich nun zwischen diesen beiden Polen ab: dem Ruhepol der schattenspendenden Platane, und den verschiedenen Aggregatszuständen des Sozialen Maschinisten, der einige Stücke spielen kann.
Kooperationspartner: Ton Matton
Category
Invited competition, honorable mention
Location
Berlin, DE
Year
2010
Client
Bezirksamt Berlin-Neukölln
Exhibition satellites and photo competition about public space
Accompanying the exhibition “Baukultur — Think your city differently”, feld72 developed nonconform and inspirin exhibition satellites at five locations in Vienna, where questions about urban living space were publicly addressed. The starting point for discussion and reflection were the following questions: How does the city bring us together? Do you also live in your city? Do you move through your city? What does your city teach you? What does your workplace look like? Within the framework of a photo competition under the motto “Have a seat in your city”, examples were collected of how the residents would like to use their city differently. The interventions were an impulse for a critical examination of our built environment and for the active appropriation of public urban space.
Cooperation Partner: inspirin, nonconform
Location
Vienna, AT
Year
2014
Client
MA 19, City of Vienna
Pictures
Hertha Hurnaus
Graphics
zunder zwo
Exhibition satellites and photo competition about public space
Accompanying the exhibition “Baukultur — Think your city differently”, feld72 developed nonconform and inspirin exhibition satellites at five locations in Vienna, where questions about urban living space were publicly addressed. The starting point for discussion and reflection were the following questions: How does the city bring us together? Do you also live in your city? Do you move through your city? What does your city teach you? What does your workplace look like? Within the framework of a photo competition under the motto “Have a seat in your city”, examples were collected of how the residents would like to use their city differently. The interventions were an impulse for a critical examination of our built environment and for the active appropriation of public urban space.
Cooperation Partner: inspirin, nonconform
Location
Vienna, AT
Year
2014
Client
MA 19, City of Vienna
Pictures
Hertha Hurnaus
Graphics
zunder zwo
Forecourt design of the Vienna Chamber of Labour
The staircase is the most urban module in the square design. An architectural element evoking hierarchy and authority is transformed into a new landmark. It stands for an “open” institution. The now merged areas create a zone for hangingout, for utilisation and encounter. By “exaggerating” its characteristics, an ambiguous element is created, which undermines the former monofunctionality and allows multiple uses. A stairway is a stairway is a stairway?
Lighting design: Christian Ploderer
Category
Invited competition, 1st prize
Location
Vienna, AT
Completion
2008
Client
Vienna Chamber of Labour
Area
1.400 m²
Pictures
Hertha Hurnaus
Forecourt design of the Vienna Chamber of Labour
The staircase is the most urban module in the square design. An architectural element evoking hierarchy and authority is transformed into a new landmark. It stands for an “open” institution. The now merged areas create a zone for hangingout, for utilisation and encounter. By “exaggerating” its characteristics, an ambiguous element is created, which undermines the former monofunctionality and allows multiple uses. A stairway is a stairway is a stairway?
Lighting design: Christian Ploderer
Category
Invited competition, 1st prize
Location
Vienna, AT
Completion
2008
Client
Vienna Chamber of Labour
Area
1.400 m²
Pictures
Hertha Hurnaus
