OTTO WAGNER

BORN: 13 JULY 1841 IN PENZING

DIED: 11 APRIL 1918 IN VIENNA

NATIONALITY: AUSTRIAN

OTTO WAGNER

• EDUCATION:1857-1860 :- STUDIED AT THE TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN VIENNA

1860-1861 :-STUDIED AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE IN BERLIN.

• PROFESSION:

IN 1894 HE WAS APPOINTED PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF A SPECIAL SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AT THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, VIENNA.

OTTO WAGNER

HIS STYLES:-• HIS EARLIEST PROJECTS WERE CLASSICAL IN

STYLES• FROM 1893 HE TURNED AWAY FROM:- HISTORICISM• WAGNER WAS VERY INTERESTED IN URBAN

PLANNING • HIS DESIGNS WERE BASED ON FUNCTION,

MATERIAL, AND STRUCTURE AS THE BASES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.

• HIS DESIGNS COMBINED TECHNICAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL FUNCTIONALITY WITH HIGH AESTHETIC CRITERIA.

OTTO WAGNER

WORKS:-• POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK ,VIENNA

• MAJOLICA HOUSE ,VIENNA

• DISPATCH OFFICES, VIENNA

• IN 1890 HE DESIGNED A NEW CITY PLAN FOR VIENNA, BUT ONLY HIS URBAN RAIL NETWORK, THE STADTBAHN, WAS BUILT.

IN 1896 HE PUBLISHED A TEXTBOOK ENTITLED MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN WHICH HE EXPRESSED HIS IDEAS ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE ARCHITECT.

FAMOUS QUOTE:-SOMETHING IMPRACTIAL CANNOT BE BEAUTIFUL

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK

• • LOCATION : VIENNA, AUSTRIA

DATE : 1904-06 & 1910-12

BUILDING TYPE : BANK

CONSTRUCTION

SYSTEM : CONCRETE AND GLASS

CLIMATE : TEMPERATE

STYLE : EARLY MODERN

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK

• THE BUILDING HOUSES THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ÖSTERREICHISCHE POSTSPARKASSE (P.S.K.) BANK.

• THE BUILDING IS REGARDED AS AN IMPORTANT EARLY WORK

OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE. • THE ENTIRE FACADE IS COVERED WITH SQUARE MARBLE

PLATES.

• THESE ARE ATTACHED TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE BY ALUMINUM RIVETS OR BOLTS.

• THE USE OF MARBLE ALSO MAKES THE MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING OF THE FACADE VERY EASY AND INEXPENSIVE.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK

MAIN HALL:-

*THE MAIN HALL IS ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

*THE HALL IS DESIGNED LIKE AN ATRIUM, W WITH A LARGE GLASS SKYLIGHT

*THE MAIN HALL HAS ONLY GLASS AND GLASS POLISHED STEEL AS MATERIALS

*THE FLOOR OF THE MAIN HALL IS CONSTRUCTED OF GLASS TILES, ALLOWING NATURAL LIGHT TO REACH FURTHER DOWN TO THE FLOOR BELOW, WHERE THE POST OFFICE BOXES AND MAIL SORTING ROOMS ARE LOCATED.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK

exterior, facade exterior, facade

FRONT FACADE OF BANK EXTERNAL VIEW OF THE BANK

MAJOLICA HOUSE

PROJECT : MAJOLICA HOUSEARCHITECT :WAGNER, OTTOADDRESS :LINKE WENTZVILLE 40, VIENNASTYLE :CLASSICALDATE BUILT :1898-99NO. FLOORS :6EXTERIOR FINISH : CERAMIC TILE, IRON, MATERIALS WOOD WINDOWSCONSTRUCTION TYPE :MASONRYSERVICES :SHOPS AT STREET LEVEL

MAJOLICA HOUSE

• NAMED AFTER THE WEATHER-PROOF, PAINTED CERAMIC FLORAL DESIGNS ON ITS FAÇADE.

• MAJOLICA HOUSE HAS RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND APARTMENTS ABOVE.

• THE BOTTOM TWO FLOORS ARE TREATED AS A BASE WITH IRONWORK.

• THERE IS A GRADATION OF DETAIL AND COLOR FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP.

• TOP IS CAPPED WITH LION HEADS AND AN ELABORATE OVERHANGING EAVE.

• THERE IS A TRADITIONAL USE OF ORNAMENTATION.

• DECORATED BALCONIES ARE MADE UP OF IRON.

WIEN MUSEUM KARLSPLATZ

PROJECT : WIEN MUSEUMARCHITECT : WAGNER, OTTOADDRESS : VIENNADATE BUILT :1914NO. FLOORS :3CONSTRUCTION TYPE :MASONRYMATERIAL USED : IRON AND WOODMARBLE ON EXTERIORS

WIEN MUSEUM KARLSPLATZ

• IT COSISITS OF A FASCINATING MIXTURE OF ART AND HISTORY ON THREE FLOORS, FROM THE NEOLITHIC AGE TO THE MID-20TH CENTURY.

• THERE ARE ORIGINAL STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS AND OUTSTANDING SCULPTURES

• IN MUSEUM WE CAN FIND WEAPONS AND ARMOUR, SELECTED FURNITURE, CLOTHING AND SPLENDID WORKS OF APPLIED ARTS, THE RECONSTRUCTED APARTMENT etc.

• IT HAS ONE PAVILLON WHICH IS USED FOR EXHIBITON PURPOSE.

• THE MUSEUM HAS GAINED A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL EVENT FACILITY AND A CAFÉ.

OTTO WAGNER

AWARDS:-• FIRST ARCHITECT OF MODERN VIENNA

• FOUNDATION STONE OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE

BOOK:-• MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN 1896

HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF WAGNER SCHOOL.