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Otto Wagner
http://www.wagner-otto.com/images/artist/500290.jpg
• 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
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Wien_mar2002_001.jpg/798px-Wien_mar2002_001.jpg
• Location: Vienna, Austria
• Time Period: 1892-1901
• Building type : urban railway station
• Construction: steel and marble
• Style: Art Nouveau
Plan
• Simple Rectangular plan
http://comps.canstockphoto.com/can-stock-photo_csp9286949.jpg
A
View A: towards façade 2 and 3
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View B: towards façade 1 and 4
B
Elevation
http://media.justvienna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/karlsplatz_u4_01.jpg
Façade Treatment
http://www.bestourism.com/img/items/big/8178/Karlsplatz-Station-Vienna-Austria_Interesting-architecture_15966.jpg
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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N
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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
N
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
http://quintinlake.photoshelter.com/image/I0000fB.j34n5rh0
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
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Josef-Hoffmann.jpg/220px-Josef-Hoffmann.jpg
• One of Wagner's pupils
• Buildings characterized by a cube-like style
Stoclet Palace
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/Stoclet_Palace_Hoffmann_Brussels_1911.jpg/240px-Stoclet_Palace_Hoffmann_Brussels_1911.jpg
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
http://sketchuniverse.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/by-hoffmann-stoclet-palace-in-brussels.jpg?w=300&h=147
• 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.
Thames & Hudson.
• Amazing building – Kirche am Steinhof | viennalife. 2013. Amazing building – Kirche am Steinhof
| viennalife. [ONLINE] Available at: http://viennalife.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/amazing-building-
%E2%80%93-kirche-am-steinhof/
• . [Accessed 24 October 2013].
• St. Leopold am Steinhof - Otto Wagner - Great Buildings Architecture. 2013.St. Leopold am
Steinhof - Otto Wagner - Great Buildings Architecture. [ONLINE] Available
at:http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/st_leopold_am_steinhof.html . [Accessed 24 October
2013].
• Majolica House Design | Home, Building, Furniture and Interior Design Ideas. 2013. Majolica
House Design | Home, Building, Furniture and Interior Design Ideas. [ONLINE] Available
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