Zaha Hadid - United Kingdom Apartment Building Spittelau Spittelauer Lände - Vienna 1994 |
When Zaha Hadid realised the seemengly levitating apartment building Spittelau in front of the landmark listed arches of Otto Wagners metropolitan railway lines in the year 1994, the Vienna architectural scene as well as the politics for dwelling were excited. The building site between the danube channel and a speedway is unsuitable for residential use. For this reason the famous british architect Zaha Hadid was called to transform the inhospitable place with its imaginative architecture. Today the project is questioned even by benevolent critics. The building itself remains as a landmark of ealry deconstructivism. |