"In August and September 1979, architect Krawina presented to Hundertwasser his preliminary drawings and a Styrofoam model. Hundertwasser was shocked and rejected them as representing exactly the leveling, straight-lined modular grid against which he had consistently fought. As his model of the “Terrace House” for Eurovision showed, he had already conceptualized a quite different type of house. Hundertwasser succeeded in convincing the City of Vienna of the validity of his concept of a forested roof terrace house. However, architect Krawina continued to express skepticism towards these ideas and this prompted the artist to write to the director of the Vienna Magistrate Department 19, architect Kolowrath, asking that architect Krawina be replaced in order that his own ideas be realized. Krawina indeed left the project and architect Peter Pelikan, an employee of the City's Magistratsabteilung 19, took over the planning. Architect Pelikan became Hundertwasser’s long-term partner, working with him on numerous other building projects. In the end the house was built between 1983 and 1985 according to the ideas and concepts of Hundertwasser with architect Univ.-Prof. Joseph Krawina as a co-author and architect Peter Pelikan as a planner. It features undulating floors ("an uneven floor is a divine melody to the feet", a roof covered with earth and grass, and large trees growing from inside the rooms, with limbs extending from windows. Hundertwasser took no payment for the design of the house, declaring that it was worth it, to prevent something ugly from going up in its place."
(Hundertwasserhaus)
(Hundertwasserhaus Gift Shop)
(Hundertwasserhaus)
(Hundertwasserhaus)
(Hundertwasserhaus)
(Hundertwasserhaus)
After the bus tour we headed back to the hostel to grab a quick lunch and then head out for the day. Across the street from the hostel was a very large Turkish market, it was a strange thing to see in the middle of Vienna but it had cheap, quick food. After we found some food we headed to the flea market that is held on Saturdays. It was my heaven. There was everything you could possibly want in the world and things you didn't even know you wanted. I was good and didn't buy anything (mostly because I have no more room in my suitcases) but it was a wonderful, wonderful place.
(Turkish Market)
(Flea Market)
(Flea Market)
(Flea Market)
(Flea Market)
(Flea Market)
(Flea Market)
When we were done at the flea market we set out for the Belvedere. The Belvedere was wonderful. Besides the fact that the palace itself is stunning, there was a cute Christmas market out front with live music, warm drinks and good food. Needless to say we did our tour and then spent some time wandering around the market and then headed into town for dinner.
"The Belvedere is a historic building complex in Vienna, Austria, consisting of two Baroque palaces (the Upper and Lower Belvedere), the Orangery, and the Palace Stables. The buildings are set in a Baroque park landscape in the third district of the city, on the south-eastern edge of its centre. It houses the Belvedere museum. The grounds are set on a gentle gradient and include decorative tiered fountains and cascades, Baroque sculptures, and majestic wrought iron gates. The Baroque palace complex was built as a summer residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy. The Belvedere was built during a period of extensive construction in Vienna, which at the time was both the imperial capital and home to the ruling Habsburg dynasty. This period of prosperity followed on from the commander-in-chief Prince Eugene of Savoy's successful conclusion of a series of wars against the Ottoman Empire."
(Belvedere)
(Belvedere)
(Belvedere)
(Belvedere)
(Belvedere)
(Belvedere)
(Belvedere)
(Belvedere)
(Belvedere)
(Belvedere)
(Belvedere)
(Belvedere)
Our dinner consisted of a lot of schnitzel...so so much schnitzel... I ate one piece along with an oversized cider and felt like I was going to burst, we were not done though. We went to a cafe our teacher had recommended and for dessert we got apple strudel and hot chocolate. When we got our large dessert some old ladies gave us some very judgemental looks, but oh well. I was able to finish half of my hot chocolate and most of my strudel before I felt like I may be sick, but sick with so much happiness in my tummy. After dinner we went to, you guessed it, another Christmas market. You can just never have enough Christmas markets. I went to bed still feeling beyond full but happy with a wonderful day in Vienna.
(Abnormally Large Cider)
(Wonderful Hot Chocolate)
(World's Best Apple Strudel)
(Christmas Market)
(Christmas Market)
(Christmas Market)
(Christmas Market)
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