Author: <span>Natasha</span>

When artists envision the city

Post published:January 9, 2018
Post category:Places that Inspire
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Sharing insights from visiting Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser's work Hundertwasserhaus in Vienna.

And some of his radical ideas- “Children must be allowed to scribble, paint and scratch all public walls, as far as their hands can reach.The murals free of charge come to the good of everyone, as this breaks through the cold, heartless anonymity. A wonderful relationship is reached with the house in which the child and his parents live. The house is then not anonymous, inimical block. These walls can be plastered with 1 cm of grey plaster-of-paris for scratching and painting, renewable every year.” Hundertwasser

How many wingspans is your room?

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Post published:January 8, 2018
Post category:The Human Dimension
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The idea of experiencing the environment at different sizes gives interesting perspectives on scale. How does it feel to be in a space that is much larger or smaller than oneself? The size and scale of our bodies, is the dictating factor of how the spaces we build should be. And is probably the basis of most building standards that have evolved. And yet only the very dramatic get observed- the subtle impacts slipping into our mind unnoticed.