Otto Wagner

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• Austrian architect

• Designer

• Art theorist

Timeline

18641841 

Otto Wagner was born

1857-1862

Studied in the polytechnic institute of structural design and in the academy of visual arts 

 1895

Designed Karlplatz station

1898

Built his first Art Nouveau building, the

Majolica House in Vienna

1897

Joined the Vienna Secession

1918

1900’s

Shift towards modernismPre Modern building: Postal savings bank

Wagner dies

Started designing his first buildings in the historicist style

Wiener Stadtbahn:Karlsplatz Station

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• Location:              Vienna, Austria

• Time Period:       1892-1901

• Building type :   urban railway station

• Construction:    steel  and marble  

• Style:                    Art Nouveau

Plan

• Simple Rectangular plan

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View A: towards façade 2 and 3

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View B: towards façade 1 and 4

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Elevation

http://media.justvienna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/karlsplatz_u4_01.jpg

Façade Treatment

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Sunflower pattern  used for ornamentation

Gilded Ornamentation

http://media.justvienna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/karlsplatz_u4_01.jpg

Use of marble slabs

Majolica House

(1898-1899)

• House located at Linke Wienzeile 40, Vienna, Austria.

Residential apartments

Retail shops

Exterior view ElevationSource:http://www.marvelbuilding.com/majolica-house.html

Source: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Majolica_House.html

• House was built during the Secessionist Movement

Secessionist Movement- separation from past to future

Plan

Source: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Majolica_House.html

Pure geometrical forms used in the overall plan as well as the division of apartments inside

Source: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Majolica_House.html

Exterior Facade

Linear Facade

Linearity in window pattern

Exterior wall section

6*6 Stone Tiles

Brick wall

Mortar

Aluminium bolts

6*6 Stone Tiles in a grid on the facade

Source: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Majolica_House.html

Ornamentation

Source: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Majolica_House.html

Source: http://europeantravelista.com/tag/britain-2/

• Linear ornamentation was done.• use of modern materials, colour and

traditional decoration

Majolica house separated with the adjacent house with decorated iron balconies

Ornamentation Elaborate Overhanging eave

Source: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Majolica_House.html

Source: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Majolica_House.html

Majolica ceramic tiles

Source: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Majolica_House.html

Green ironwork shops

Lion Heads with exposed aluminium bolts above

KIRCHE AM STEINHOF

St. Leopold’s Church

(1904-1907)

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• Church on a North-South axis

• Located on a hill top, serving as an image to the city

“THE CHURCH FOR THE INSANE”

Source: http://katiejohnsonarch.blogspot.in/2012/06/kirche-am-steinhof-analytique.html

Altar

Separate entrances for male and female patients

Emergency exits

Doctor’s room

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Natural light diagram

Source: http://katiejohnsonarch.blogspot.in/2012/06/kirche-am-steinhof-analytique.html

Plan Plan

External and Internal Cladding

Source: http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/sandamichaela-1629099-vienna-secession2/

White marble slabsCopper pins

External Wall Section

Brick Wall

Interiors are cladded with stone tiles as they are easier to clean

Source: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/russianchild007/4137556657/

External Cladding

Internal Cladding

Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:08_Otto_Wagner-Kirche_-_Baumgartnerh%C3%B6he_-_Wagner_Band_5._6._und_7._Heft_-_L%C3%A4ngsschnitt,_Heliogravur.jpg

Iron Trusses used For Dome

Copper Cladded on the exterior

Dome Details

Flattened False vaults

Source: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/kopp1963/257403411/

Source:http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/sandamichaela-1629099-vienna-secession2/

Source:http://viennalife.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/amazing-building-%E2%80%93-kirche-am-steinhof/

Dome as seen from outside

Dome as seen frominside

Vaults

Images relating to the four evangelists

Flattened surface

Salient Features of the Church

Source:http://www.viennadirect.com/sights/steinhof.php

Location of Pulpit

Altar placed higher

EntranceAltar Seating Arrangement

Fall from entrance to altar is approx. 26cm

Floor Section

Rounded corners

Source: http://katiejohnsonarch.blogspot.in/2012/06/kirche-am-steinhof-analytique.html

Separate entries for men and women

Additional toilets

Emergency exits

Doctor’s room

Ornamentation• Organic Art Nouveau Ornamentation was done

Gold wreaths

Sculptures of angels

Stained glass windows by koloman Moser

Source:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wien_-_Hl_Leopold_auf_der_Otto-Wagner-Kirche_am_Steinhof.jpg

Sculpture of St Leopold

Source: http://holywhapping.blogspot.in/2009/02/kirche-am-steinhof-vienna.html

Source:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kolo_Moser_-_Kirche_am_Steinhof_-_S%C3%BCdfenster.jpeg

Source:http://www.viennadirect.com/sights/steinhof.php

• Minimal use of colour

Paintings by Koloman Moser are used for decorating the interiors

Mosaic in the church by koloman Moser

Source:http://www.pp.htv.fi/rhurmal1/steinhof.html

Stained glass window from inside

Source:http://www.pp.htv.fi/rhurmal1/steinhof.html

Use of fan chandelier

Postal Savings Bank

Source http://www.outbackphoto.com/places/2001/jugendstil/20010910_jugendstil.html

• Location: Vienna, Austria

• Time 1904-1912 Period

• Building : Bank Type

• Construction: Glass System and Concrete

• Style: Early modern

Plan

Source:http://lifeloom.com/263HistArch4.htm

• Trapezium shaped plan

• Symmetrical construction

Banking hall

Entrance

Plan

Phase 1: 1904- 1906

Phase 2: 1910- 1912

Courtyards

Source:http://lifeloom.com/263HistArch4.htm

Section

Source: http://quintinlake.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/postsparkasse-17.jpg?w=500&h=724

Façade Treatment

Brick wall cladded with marble and granite

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 Iron bolts with aluminium caps for ornamentation purposes

Statues of female angels holding laurels  in both hands

Public Entrance: Glass awnings supported by 6 aluminium covered cast iron columns

Source http://www.outbackphoto.com/places/2001/jugendstil/20010910_jugendstil.html

Interiors: Banking hall

Cast iron pillars that support the upper glass roof

Floor markings to give direction of movement

Glass roof for transparency and natural lighting

http://littlemailbox.blogspot.in/2010/07/postal-savings-bank-vienna.html

Aluminium radiators

Staircase

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Marble

Linoleum (new material)

Iron left on view

Furniture

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Wood

Aluminium plates to avoid wear and tear

The chairs of the bank differ in size and comfort according to hierarchy., from arm chairs with cushions for bosses to mere stools for lowly employee and customers.

INFLUENCES OF OTTO WAGNER

JOSEF HOFFMANN

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• One of Wagner's pupils

• Buildings characterized by a cube-like style

Stoclet Palace

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Location:              Brussels, Belgium

Time Period:       1905-1911

Building type :   private house

Construction:    Brick and Stone  

Style:                    Modern

Plans

• Use of simple geometrical forms i.e rectangles

• Asymmetrical 

Entrance

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Elevation

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• Resembles a  giant metal box, similar to Post Office Savings bank

Façade Treatment

Stone cladded on brick

Use of Metal profile

Urania Building, Vienna(1910)

By  Max Fabiani

Postal Savings Building (1902)

Urania Building (1910)

Majolica House (1898-1899)

Location

Danube Canal

Urania Building

Source: https://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=urania+building+vienna&ie=UTF-8&ei=MS1xUqPUCYzJrAet_ICwBw&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg

• Use of geometric forms in the plan

Source:http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=48.211592&lon=16.383757&z=20&m=b

• Presence of a gilded dome before the earthquake

Majolica House (1898) Otto Wagner

Urania Building (1910) Max Fabiani

• Linear window pattern• Rectilinear windows used

Source: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Majolica_House.html

• Minimal Decoration.• Use of Subtle colour• Use of Classical

Corinthian Columns

Majolica House (1898) Otto Wagner

Urania Building (1910) Max Fabiani

Source: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Majolica_House.html

Source: http://www.travel2austria.com/?Vienna:Urania_Vienna

• Façade broken into rectangles.• Linear Facades• Stone Tiles used for cladding

References:

• Kenneth Frampton, 1992. Modern Architecture: A Critical History (World of Art). 3 Sub Edition.

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• Amazing building – Kirche am Steinhof | viennalife. 2013. Amazing building – Kirche am Steinhof

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• St. Leopold am Steinhof - Otto Wagner - Great Buildings Architecture. 2013.St. Leopold am

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