Wittmann House

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House Wittmann southeast view
House Wittmann south-west view

The house Wittmann is a building of modernism in the market town Grafenegg in Krems-Land District . It was built in 1970–1975 by the architect Johannes Spalt for the furniture manufacturer Wittmann .

history

The building was designed in 1969 by Johannes Spalt in the first year of his own studio in Vienna and built in the following years. The general renovation was carried out in 2016-2017 by the current owners. In 2018, an application for monument protection for Haus Wittmann was submitted to the Federal Monuments Office.

description

In 2003, the Architekturzentrum Wien wrote in an article on nextroom: “In a gently undulating hillside location above the village, a solid, compact, white glowing substructure supports an all-round glazed upper floor, shaded by an expansive, shielding roof. The middle zone of the base is half a storey lower, creating a high living room with a wide gallery that is illuminated by a central skylight. Lockable rooms for cooking, sleeping and working occupy the four corners of the base platform and relate to the surrounding landscape on two sides. They protect themselves around the introverted living room, which opens in the middle through a glass front so that the room protrudes into the half-retracted, half-protruding terrace. "

attitude

Salettl Wittmann

Haus Wittmann corresponds to the type of a pavilion , a Salettl , which was also built on the property - Johannes Spalt was called "Salettl-Spalt" among colleagues .

“Spalt's archetype of building is not the temple, not the monument, not the treasury or the museum, not even the luxury ship or any mechanical equipment. Its archetype is the pleasure house - the light and fragile, the cheerful pavilion primarily facing the charms of the garden. Among his many collections, the one about the 'Salettl' is probably the most extensive, with thousands of photos, drawings, books, plans, building recordings and models. 'Saletta' in Italian means 'the little hall'; 'Kiosk' or 'Kösk' is Turkish for 'the country house, the garden house'; In Old Persian, 'Kuschk' meant 'the gallery, the balcony'; 'Folly' in English and 'Folie' in French is 'madness' and 'pavilion' in these languages ​​comes from 'papilio' - 'butterfly' ".

Two quotes from Johannes Spalt , which characterize his attitude: “I am interested in the house where it becomes an object of pleasure, where it is not burdened with functions and activities, where one can actually be detached from everyday life. And I would like to bring this relaxed feeling into today's house construction. "

“Today, architecture is mostly seen as something commercial that you can only afford with a certain income. Every month, many magazines and picture books publish what is 'top', what has just been shown at major trade fairs - nothing out of an inner conviction or social or philosophical knowledge. It is not even fashions that change the picture, unfortunately also little imagination. Our technical possibilities are unlimited, and in spite of this, or precisely because of this, their commitment is lacking in order to give our buildings that 'lightness', 'light-heartedness' that, coupled with 'serenity', the building of our time could express ”.

Status

During a tour in 2015, architectural theorist Jan Tabor speaks of "one of the most important and interesting single-family houses that were built in Austria after 1945."

literature

  • Johannes Spalt: Johannes Spalt. Böhlau, Vienna Cologne Weimar 1993, ISBN 3-205-05397-4 .
  • Annette Becker, Dietmar Steiner, Wilfried Wang (eds.): Architecture in the 20th century: Austria. Prestel, Munich New York 1995, ISBN 3-7913-1613-3 .
  • ÖGFA, University of Applied Arts (Ed.): Johannes Spalt. Festschrift on the occasion of the award of honorary membership by the ÖGFA . Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85211-080-7 .
  • Architekturzentrum Wien (Ed.): Johannes Spalt. Elective affinities. Residence, Vienna Salzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7017-3220-3 .
  • Architekturzentrum Wien (ed.): Working group 4. Wilhelm Holzbauer, Friedrich Kurrent, Johannes Spalt. 1950-1970. Müry Salzmann, Salzburg Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-99014-021-5 .
  • Kunstbank Ferrum-Kulturwerkstätte, ORTE Architecture Network Lower Austria (Ed.): Architecture Landscape Lower Austria. Waldviertel. Springer, Vienna New York 2011, ISBN 978-3-7091-0775-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Architekturzentrum Wien (ed.): Johannes Spalt. Elective affinities. Residence, Vienna Salzburg 2010, p. 191.
  2. ^ ÖGFA thematic visit: Haus Wittmann - Johannes Spalt, 2017 . Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Haus Wittmann on nextroom, Architekturzentrum Wien, 2003 . Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  4. ↑ A Salettl for living in Etsdorf, Sabine Daxberger, noe.ORF.at, 2018 . Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  5. ^ Architekturzentrum Wien (ed.): Johannes Spalt. Elective affinities. Residence, Vienna Salzburg 2010, p. 164.
  6. ^ Architekturzentrum Wien (ed.): Johannes Spalt. Elective affinities. Residence, Vienna Salzburg 2010, p. 34.
  7. ↑ Johannes Spalt: Johannes Spalt. Böhlau, Vienna Cologne Weimar 1993, cover text.
  8. ↑ Social Media Posting of allermacke architecture of 21 June 2015 . Retrieved June 14, 2018.