Hundertwasser as Architect and Design Philosophy

(Jodido)

Hundertwasser was a philosopher as well as a painter and architect. He mused in an interview  by Orac Verleg that mankind has three skins: his own, his clothes and his dwelling. In that vein he viewed architecture based purely on rectangles and straight lines as criminally sterile.

Another important Hundertwasser philosophy was that of "window right". This right, explicit in the lease, states that each resident can control the area outside their window that they can reach. They can paint, tile, plant or take any other action. Hundertwasser viewed this as a public display that "a free man lived inside".

Finally, Hundertwasser viewed houses as growing things. Not only did he cover the building with plants that have since taken over the roof and some walls, he valued imperfections such as rain depositions running down the building's side.

Verleg, Olac. "The Hundertwasserhouse." Hundertwasserhaus Blog. Kuntshauswein, 21 June 2011.           Web. 22 Sept. 2016.