Enzi (furniture)
From 2002 to 2010, the Enzi furniture was part of the furnishing of the inner courtyard in the MuseumsQuartier (MQ) in Vienna , a so-called courtyard furniture. It was designed by the architects Anna Popelka and Georg Poduschka. The name refers to Daniela Enzi, who was the authorized signatory of the MuseumsQuartier until 2012. Since 2010, the courtyard furniture in the MuseumsQuartier (MQ) Vienna has been supplemented by the "Enzo" (2010 to 2013) and "Viena" models (in use since 2013).
Origin of the Enzis
The furnishing of the courtyard of the Vienna MuseumsQuartier originally goes back to a foam performance by the Viennese artist Josef Trattner : In the summer of 2002 Trattner designed large foam cubes for the area in the MuseumsQuartier, which were enthusiastically used by visitors as part of a temporary installation. The management of the MuseumsQuartier Errichtungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft (MQ E + B) then invited people to come up with ideas for permanent seating furniture for the MQ courtyards. The winner was the team of architects PPAG with their “Enzi” courtyard furniture.
From November 2002, the “Winter in the MQ” program, designed by MQ E + B, took place for the first time. For this occasion, the “Enzis” courtyard furniture in the form of “Igloos” moved into the MQ for the first time. From May 1, 2003, the “Summer in the MQ” program, designed by MQ E + B, took place for the first time. The first Enzis made available for lying down were in the color of swimming pool blue.
Enzos
On November 11th, 2009, Enzis, which had been put together to form an ice palace in the courtyard of the Vienna MuseumsQuartier, burned down. A short circuit was blamed for the fire. After this fire, new Enzis were made, but at the same time this event was used as an opportunity to revise the usual shape of the Enzis. This task was taken over by the designer duo Ludwig Slezak and Margarita Navarro in collaboration with the Enzi developers PPAG.
The furniture called Enzos is hollow, made of a more fire-resistant plastic and should no longer be colored annually. A mix of colors should result from the fact that every year those Enzos with the worst signs of wear and tear are taken out of service and replaced with new ones of different colors.
At the beginning of August 2010 the first Enzos (around 60 pieces) were delivered at a unit price of around 1500 euros. The new name Enzo should refer to the country of manufacture, Italy.
The Enzos were in use until 2012.
Vienas
With the Vienas, the MQ courtyard furniture series was further developed and continued in 2013. The design comes again from the team of architects PPAG Möbel, who have combined elements from Enzis and Enzos in the “Viena”. The shape was adopted from the Enzi, but the dimensions were changed. Material and production processes have been taken over from the Enzo in an improved manner. The Vienas are made of polyethylene and are 100 percent recyclable. In the middle of the seat there is a hole through which rainwater can drain or in which the rod of a parasol can be fixed.
Choice of colors
The color of the Enzis and Enzos in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier was determined annually until 2010´. Since then, the color has been changed every two years and determined by the MuseumsQuartier Errichtungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft via online voting based on a three- or four-person proposal. Over the years the following colors have been chosen or used:
- Swimming pool blue (2003)
- Light Pink (2004)
- Pistachio Green (2005)
- Joyful Red (2006)
- Creamy Beige (2007)
- Fast Austrian violet (2008), alternative selection: Near-therapeutic green
- Lemon Ice Yellow (2009), alternative selection: May meadow green
- Candy Shop Pink (2010), selection alternatives: Strawberry Fields (red), Lush Meadow (green), Down Town (gray)
- Lush Meadow Green, Strawberry Field Red, Candy Shop Pink, Ivory Tusk White (2011, without voting)
- Tröpferlbadblau (2013), selection alternatives: Havana red, folk furniture orange
- Mermaid (turquoise) (2015), selection alternatives: Tangerine (orange), Electro (light blue)
- Twinnigreen (2017), alternative choices: Twinniorange, sport rubber red
- Sunset (from April 5, 2018), alternatives for the voters were "Festival Mud" and "Sea Breeze"
- Dragonfly (green) (2020), selection alternatives for hummingbird, city pigeon
The MQ courtyard furniture in the new color is set up in the main courtyard at the beginning of the “courtyard season”. Older models can be found in side courtyards or are sold "ex-yard" for € 600 each by the MuseumsQuartier Errichtungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft. Newly produced Enzos and Vienas can also be purchased there.
Urban symbol
- Enzis in Düsseldorf
Green benches again called "Enzi", April 1st, 2014, the day after the installation
Purple benches on the occasion of the Quadriennale Düsseldorf 2014
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The MQ courtyard furniture is now a symbol of the urban way of life. Among the Viennese city dwellers, the MuseumsQuartier (MQ) Vienna is an “urban oasis” or “public living room”; a development to which the courtyard furniture contributed significantly. In the warm months, the courtyard furniture is heavily frequented and used as a meeting point and for relaxation.
As part of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna , 40 artists were invited to design courtyard furniture for the "EUROART" campaign, which the Vienna MuseumsQuartier (MQ) carried out together with ORF . By drawing lots, the artists were allocated a country participating in the Song Contest as a theme. The action was curated by three of the major art institutions in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier (MQ), the Leopold Museum , the mumok and the Kunsthalle Wien . The artistically designed courtyard furniture was exhibited in the main courtyard of the Vienna MuseumsQuartier from May 16 to 27, 2015 and was then auctioned for the benefit of the Neighbor in Need campaign for the earthquake victims in Nepal . The proceeds were 30,000 euros.
distribution
- Enzis in Düsseldorf
Green benches again called "Enzi", April 1st, 2014, the day after the installation
Purple benches on the occasion of the Quadriennale Düsseldorf 2014
The Enzis are considered cult objects in the MuseumsQuartier. All Enzis in the inner courtyard are completely occupied, especially on sunny summer days. In 2010, Enzis were also placed in the Madrid Museum Triangle and in front of the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona to advertise Vienna. In 2013 WienTourismus installed Enzis in Gorky Park in Moscow. In 2014, the state capital Düsseldorf furnished Schadowplatz with May meadow green Enzis. In 2015, Enzis - some of them artistically designed - were set up on Hamburg's Reeperbahn. Since 2017 there are also some copies on the campus of the University of Bayreuth.
Awards
- 2005: The developers PPAG - Anna Popelka, Georg Poduschka and the ordering party MuseumsQuartier Errichtungs- und BetriebsgmbH were awarded the Austrian Adolf Loos State Design Prize for the Enzi outdoor furniture .
literature
- Klaus Moldan: Courtyard furniture in the MuseumsQuartier Wien. Translation: English: Clifford Stevens, Japanese: Kotaro Horiuchi / Yuji Gokan, Verlag PPAG, Vienna 2004, 77 pages, ISBN 3-200-00260-3 .
Web links
- Website for Möbel Enzi
- From Enzi to Enzo: When furniture shapes the cityscape, articles on stadtbekannt.at
- Colorful boats article on diepresse.com
- Enzos in Italian
Individual evidence
- ^ Nicole Scheyerer: Earthy things. Josef Trattner marks the area of the MQ with red foam blocks, which gain their meaning and purpose through the use of the visitors. In: MQ Site No. 1, July 2002, pp. 6-11.
- ^ The cultural scientist Vitus H. Weh in conversation with Josef Trattner about the origins of the Enzis In: ORF Kulturmontag, November 29, 2010. ORF: Kulturmontag - Josef Trattner, youtube.com, December 10, 2010. (7:11 min)
- ↑ MQ Chronicle: 2002
- ↑ New “Enzos” courtyard furniture in the MuseumsQuartier Vienna APA report from August 9, 2010.
- ^ MQ chronology: 2002/2003
- ↑ Fire in the MuseumsQuartier: Ice Palace burned down Article in the daily newspaper “Die Presse”, November 19, 2009
- ^ "Enzis" away, "Enzos" ago Article in the daily newspaper "Der Standard", online version from August 9, 2010
- ↑ 60 “Enzos” in the MQ are ready to lie down. Article in the daily newspaper “Der Standard”, online version from 10 August 2010
- ^ Enzo instead of Enzi in the MuseumsQuartier. In: Orf. August 9, 2010, accessed June 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Did you know that the MQ-Enzis are no longer called Enzis? A love letter. In: Beaver. March 24, 2017, accessed June 28, 2020 .
- ↑ MQ furniture this year "tröpferlbadblau". In: Orf. March 5, 2013, accessed June 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Electronic report from ORF from January 25, 2018
- ↑ Start of color voting MQ courtyard furniture. In: Apa. December 19, 2019, accessed June 28, 2020 .
- ^ Museum Quarter courtyard furniture. In: Homepage MQ. Retrieved June 28, 2020 .
- ^ Sissy Rabl: Museumsquartier: The living room of the Viennese. In: Courier. August 11, 2015, accessed June 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Neighbor in need. Retrieved June 28, 2020 .
- ↑ "Enzis" conquer Madrid's museum triangle Article on wien.orf.at, May 25, 2010
- ↑ Mayor Häupl also visits the Enzis of the Vienna Tourist Board in Moscow Article on wien.gv.at, archive report of the Rathauskorrespondenz from June 15, 2013
- ^ "Enzis" on Schadowplatz Article on duesseldorf.de, March 31, 2014
- ^ Wiener Enzis in Hamburg: Reeperbahn gets outdoor living room Press release WS - Two of the Enzis on the Reeperbahn were designed by the Hamburg artist Jonathan Esperester.
- ↑ Helmut Heigert: Enzis on Reeperbahn In: Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomiezeitung, print edition No. 2015/10 of March 7, 2015
- ↑ University of Bayreuth: The Enzis are here: chic seating and reclining furniture for an even nicer university campus . Retrieved October 18, 2017 .