Imperial Vienna possibly at its most imposing.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Schloss Schonbrunn.
Having circumnavigated the centre of Vienna exhaustively for five days, by last Saturday it was time for change.
Schloss Schonbrunn is one of the palaces built by the Hapsburgs beyond the constraints of the original city. The scale of the building is breath takingly gigantic, set amongst beautiful formal drives and parkland, however the building exudes the feeling of a stage set and its sheer size means its detailing only works at a distance with the building as part of a wider ensemble. On closer inspection the buildings details are austere and quite minimal; possibly due to a desire to create maximum impact for as little money as possible.
Gasometers.
These C19th Gasometers in Romanesque 'fancy dress' are located on the outskirts of Vienna City; along the U3 underground line. Something the Viennese seem to be unafraid of and very accomplished at executing is the reuse of existing buildings, adding new contemporary additions and extensions without compromising the integrity of the existing.
Architecture School.
The entrance to the architecture school at the TU Wien on Karlplatz. Founded in 1815 as the Imperial Royal Polytechnic Institute, it currently has about 17,600 students, eight faculties and about 4,000 staff members.
Sketchbook 01.
My sketchbook can probably politely be best described as being in a state of organised chaos. It is a physical record of a specific thought process with no concern for overall presentation or organisation. This means the drawings lose some of their character when they are scanned in and reformatted.
This series of posted images will be the opposite; a chronologically ordered set of copies of each completed original sketchbook page.
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