Schindler Vienna Schindled aword for architecture 2007|2008 ACCESS FOR ALL
5th semester | 2007 | Vienna | cooperation with Štěpán Mosler | Niki de Clercq
5 senses
-maximaze each sense
-compensate the fact of missing the full use of one of the senses
scent
-fragrant plants as a recognition point for the visual impaired
-the central street is designed as smoke making
it’s way trough the design
-the restaurant and café are spreading a tasty scent
to its environment
touch | vision
-use of different textures to enhance the tough
-reflective materials
-colours both in nature as in design
-playing with light trough the cell structured walls
hearing | taste
-weeping and whispering of the plants
-wind blowing trough the cell-structure
-colourful berries, spread over the park,
a delight for mouth and eye (wild
strawberries)
-Design(cells) referes to tastebuds
smoke-curves helped to design the shape of the main street meanders like the river and makes places for public functions. Smoke rised thanks to the metro which formed the community center. Different smells spread by fragrant plants, so each block gets its own scent which helps the visual impaired to orientate themselves trough the design. Green houses and a street filled with plants creates pleasant places for occupants and a view for inhabitants.