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Authors

Georg Driendl1956 born in Innsbruck 1983 Diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Roland Rainer and Timo Pentillä) 1983-1985 conceptual studies, city planning analyses and works in experimental film 1985-1995 shared office driendl*steixner, since 1996 driendl*architects: we develop and work on prototypical solutions for furniture, buildings, infrastructure, artificial environment, city, and deal with the history as well as theory of building culture.

Professorships, Selection:2004 Guest Professorship at the Chiba University Tokyo; 2003-2004 Guest Professorship at the University Innsbruck; 2000, 2001 Guest Professorship at the TU Graz; 1997 Guest Professorship at the TU Cottbus, since 1997 cooperation with- and several Guest Professorships at the Technical University (TU) Vienna.

Awards, Selection:2009 Great Leaf Award Nomination (GB); 2009 IOC/ IAKS International Architecture Award, Silver; 2009 ISR Architecture Award 2009 Prize for outstanding architecture 1st price (A); 2009 Green Good Design Award (USA); 2008 State Prize for Architecture, 2 nominations (A); 2008 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award (USA); 2008 1st Innovation Prize Solidbau (A); 2008 1st Austrian Steel Construction Prize (A); 2007 Europa Nostra Prize (Diploma) for Cultural Heritage (EU); 2007 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award (USA); 2007 Otto Wagner City Planning Prize, honorable mention (A)2005 Record Houses Award for Excellence in Design, Architectural Record (USA); 2004 Austrian Client Prize (A); 2001 The Reiners Foundation Award (D)

Exhibitions, selections:2010 Austria Davaj – Cooperation with MAK Vienna, Moscow; 2010 Habitation Alps Meran; 2010 APOPliving, Istanbul; 2010 APOPliving Cluj – travelling exhibition Cluj, Bukarest, ...; 2008 High Tech + Tradition Tokyo – travelling exhibition Tokyo, Seoul, Peking, Hongkong, …; 2007 Snail Fest, Istanbul; 2006 Green House Exhibition (travelling exhibition – Washington D.C., Allentown, …); 2004 Why Hannibal went north, Budapest; since 2004 GA Gallery Tokyo

Current projects, selection:Topkapi Palace Istanbul, Wiener Stadthallenbad, Eszterházy-Castle – Haydnsaal, Monastery Klosterneuburg – treasury, Rendlbahn and pedestrian bridge St. Anton, Uludag Olymp, Sulaymaniyah Leisure Park …

Cooperations:Turkey: gallery project Istanbul Andrea Driendl + Kemal Seyhan; Hungary: Memoria Moderna Balint Kadar, Budapest; Persia: Behrouz Heshmat, Manoucher Shahabi; Japan: Tetsuo Furuichi, Yoshiaki Amino; Romania: Istvan Pasztor areacube association területaköbön egyesület, b. l. i. p. s. z. ; USA: Klaus Kertess, Gabriel Cyr; South Africa: Grenville + Roger Williams, Eloise Jones, Ammon China, Tebogo Shumba + Crosby Bolani (Kapstadt), Maria McCloy + 340ml (Johannesburg); Austria foreurope with Martin Schwanzer, Roland Rainer Komitee mit MAK Vienna, Docomomo Vienna

Gregor Lehrl (co - Author)1978 born in Vienna, journalist, musician and producer, numerous interdisciplinary projects between Vienna, New York, Johannesburg and Cape Town, audiovisual platform vitamine-source, upcoming release: MAJONI on percepts nyc, since 2005 driendl*architects

Peter Waugh (Translation from German)1956 born in London, in Vienna since 1981, Lecturer at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Poet, translator specialised in the fields of art, architecture, literature and the humanities, English teacher, co-founder of Labyrinth, the Association of English-Language Poetry in Vienna and co-editor of the poetry magazine subdream.

Guest Authors:(chronologically)

Liesbeth Waechter-Böhm, architecture critic | Vienna

Andreas Denk, architecture critic and -theorist, editor in chief of the professional journal “der architekt“, Association of German Architects BDA | Berlin

Bruno Maldoner, head of the department for UNESCO World Heritage at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture | Vienna

Manochehr Shahabi, pharmacist and artist | Vienna, Teheran

Christian Kühn, Critic, Professor at the Institute for Architecture and Design, Dean for Curricular Affairs, Faculty of Architecture and Regional Planning at the Vienna University of Technology, Chairman of the Austrian Architectural Foundation | Vienna

Marta Rotter, Hofrätin a.D. (councilor o.d.), lector, editor | Vienna

John Brown, founder of “theslowhome.com”, architect and Professor of Architecture at the Uni-versity of Calgary | Calgary, CAN

Osman Attman, Associate Professor at the College of Architecture and Planning University of Colorado | Denver, USA

Bernadette Haller, doctor, general medicine + homeopathy, acupuncture | Vienna

Reinhold Kafka-Ritsch, surgeon, University Clinic / hospital for visceral -, transplantation - and thoracic surgery | Innsbruck

Photo- and illustration credits(alphabetically)

Photos

Siegrun Appeltp.33, 53, 65, 68, 69 (t.), 72Simone Ascherp.55 (l.b.), 110 (l.), 111 (r.), 112 (r.t.)Andrea Driendlp. 232, 233Franz Driendlp.70, 71, 213, 221, 222, 229, 239, 271, 278 (l.t./r.t.), 279, 284, 298, 304-305Georg Driendlp.46, 54, 57, 77, 79, 85, 144, 235 (r.b.), 203, 237, 238 (t.), 306Thomas Driendlp.55Peter Fibyp.177 (t.), 235 (l.b.), 247Milli Kaufmannp.20, 21, 29, 30 (b.), 32, 34, 45, 81-82, 83 (t./ b.l.), 84 (t.r.), 88, 112 (r.b.), 108, 113, 122 (l.b.), 139, 143, 168 (t.), 171, 172-173, 174, 179 (r.t.), 182, 183, 184 (l.t./ b.), 185 (b.), 186, 187, 188 (r.), 189, 205, 206, 207-211, 212, 227 (b.), 236, 244, 245, 246, 251, 252-253, 254, 255, 256-259, 264, 265-267, 272, 273-275, 276 (l.), 280-281, 282-283, 285, 286-291Theresia Kaufmannp.269, 277, 279 (l.b./ r.b.)Bruno Klomfarp. 115, 116, 118-119, 121, 122 (r.t.), 123 (l.b.), 124, 125, 126Studio Kraussp. 227 (t.), 235 (t.), 238 (b.), 240 (l.), 241 (r.b.), 242-243Gregor Lehrlp. 308

James Morrisp. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 66-67, 69 (b.), 83 (b. r.), 84 (t. l.), 86, 87, 88, 106-107, 109, 110 (r.), 112 (l.b./l.t.), 114, 117, 120, 134, 135, 137 (r.), 141 (r.), 178-179, 180, 181, 188 (l.b.)Erwin Reichmannp. 28, 30, 31 (t.)Lew Rodinp.123 (l.t.), 123 (l.t./r.b.), 133, 136, 137 (l.b.), 138, 140, 141 (l.), 142, 145, 146-151, 155, 156, 157-158, 159, 160-164, 166 (t./l.b.), 167, 175 (l.), 177 (b.), 184 (r.t.), 185 (t.), 188 (l.t./l.c.), 190-191, 324, 240 (r.), (241 (l./.r.t.)Thomas A. Werginzp.166 (r.b.), 168 (b.), 169, 170, 174 (b.), 175 (r.)Stefan Zornp. 52

Plans, graphics

all plans, images and illustrations, if not indicated otherwise, by driendl*architects Georg Driendlp.19, 35, 42, 43driendl*steixnerp.22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 36

Sketches

Georg Driendl (sketchbook series from 1994 to 2010)p.18, 39, 44-45, 63, 80, 103, 129, 305, 308

Act photos

ACT 1 punk baroque mental map, graphic: georg driendl

ACT 2 japanese garden kyoto, photo: franz driendl

ACT 3 furniture prototypes, georg driendl, photos: thomas driendl, milli kaufmann ACT 4 sulaymaniyah iraq, photo: georg driendl

ACT 5 dinner table kurdistan iraq, photo: georg driendl

ACT 6 erbil iraq, photo: georg driendl

ACT 7 northern iraq, photo: georg driendl

ACT 8 northern iraq, photo: georg driendl

Background photos

92 building site tokyo, photo: amino yoshiaki

110 tokyo station, photo: franz driendl

122 portrait, photo: milli kaufmann

136 move, photo: andrea driendl

146 namibia, photo: gregor lehrl

148 portrait, photo: andrea driendl

162 istanbul, photo: georg driendl

176 office d*a, photo: andrea driendl

188 self-portrait, photo: milli kaufmann

196 tokyo station, photo: franz driendl

200 moscow, photo: franz driendl

212 almaty kazakhstan, photo: franz driendl

214 portrait, photo: milli kaufmann

248 kazakhstan, photo: franz driendl

252 office d*a, photo: franz driendl

262 istanbul, photo: georg driendl

298 moscow, photo: franz driendl

306 istanbul, photo: georg driendl

312 portrait, photo: andrea driendl

driendl*architects | Georg Driendl with: (alphabetically) ursula aichwalder, yoshiaki amino, martin barnreiter, gerlinde bäck, andreas baumgartner, verena benedek, franz bergles, bettina bigler, maya bischof, simone burtscher, andrea driendl, franz driendl, thomas driendl, michael duma, daniel erdeljan, florian fleischner, marlies forenbacher, christian formann, halstein guthu, behrouz heshmat, gabriele hockauf, severa horner, michaela huemer, bunji izumi, astrid jagersberger, christoph jarder, klemens kaiserseder, maximilian katholnig, gamze kaymak, peter markus koltai, bernhard kurzmann, gregor lehrl, antonio leonte, dejana mitrovic, massimo moscato, mathias neuendorf, markus mündle, mie nagaoka, michael palfinger, alfred pichler, simon pranter, stefan puschmann, annelies ritsch, nicole sabella, peter schmidt, wolfgang schrom, oliver schön, markus schöpf, kemal seyhan, helena simova, martina steiner, sigrid steinwender, gerhard steixner (driendl*steixner), inge swoboda, zuzana talasova, marco tomaselli, matteo trentini, kathrin turanitz, stefan turanitz, elisabeth vögel, helmut wastl, reinhard weber, thomas werginz, martina zerovnik, stefan zorn,...

Selected Publications

BooksExtreme Architecture, Ruth Slavid, Laurence King, 2009 [GB]The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture, world.Phaidon Editors, 2009 [GB]GA HOUSES 101, Yoshio Futagawa, GA Special Edition 2008 [J]BEST OF AUSTRIA. Architektur 2006-07, Hubertus Adam, Wien, 2008 [A]Ecological Houses, Viviana Guastalla, teNEUES, 2008 [E]Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture, Virginia McLeod, Laurence King, 2007 [GB]GA Transportation 08, Yoshio Futagawa, GA 2007 [J]Small Eco Houses, Simone Schleifer, Evergreen-Taschen, 2007 [D]Home Stories, AZW Ulrike Haele, Lisa Kusebauch-Kaiser, Architekturzentrum Wien, 2007 [A]New Apartments, Ana Canizares Collins Design, Loft Publications, 2007 [E]OUTDOOR LIVING, Andrea Boekel, Images Publishing, 2007 [AUS]Out of Town, Peter Hyatt, Images Publishing, 2006 [AUS]150 Best House Ideas, Ana Canizares, Collins Design, Loft Publications, 2005 [E]Art Invention House, Michael Webb, Rizzoli International Publications, 2005 [USA]The Green House - New directions in sustainable architecture, Alanna Stang, 2005 [USA] Christopher Hawthorne, Princeton Architectural Press, 2005 [USA]Great Glass Buildings, Peter Hyatt, Images Publishing, 2004 [AUS]Office Design, Ralf Daab, Daab GmbH, 2004 [D]Why Hannibal went north, driendl*architects, Ritter Verlag Graz, 2003 [A]

MagazinesGA Houses 111, Yoshio Futagawa, Cubic lights, Vienna p. 174 - 177, A.D.A. EDITA, Japan, 2009Architektur aktuell, E. Schlocker, Kristalline Hülle für blaues Riesenrad, Nr. 345, Springer Verlag, Austria, 2008GA DOCUMENT 95, Yoshio Futagawa, Basis Terminal Galzigbahn p. 82 - 87, A.D.A. EDITA, Japan, 2007Entre Muros Diseno y Arquitectura, Arturo Emilio Escobar, Grupo Reforma, Mexico, 2007era21, Pavel Hladik, Stanice Landvky Galzigbahn, Ausgabe 5 07, Czech Republic, 2007Architecture Plus, Rashid Taqui, The Tree House, Solar Tube, 11, Inhouse Creative, Dubai, UAE, 2006PEN Magazine, Solar Tube, Nr. 149, Japan, 2005 Atd, Nariko Takiguchi, atd architecture technology & design, Japan 2005AIT Reform mit Hindernissen, Ausgabe 6.2004 p. 92 - 97, Alexander Koch GmbH, 2004AD Architectural Digest., The Green House, Nr. 293 p. 184, Russia, 2004Architectural Record, Deborah Snoonian, Solar Tube, 04 / 04, p. 152 - 158, mcGraw Hill, USA, 2004NIKKEI Architecture, Solar Tube, Ausgabe 15.11.2004, p. 42 - 46, Japan, 2004Abitare, Maria Giulia Zunino, Citiygate, Nr: 435 p. 94 - 95, Abitare Milano, Italy, 2004ABSTRACT Magazine, Peter Jacobs, Aton Publishing, Belgium, 2004GA Houses 82, Yoshio Futagawa, Solar Mount, Vienna, A.D.A. EDITA, Japan, 2004GA Houses 78, Yoshio Futagawa, Solar Box, Vienna, A.D.A. EDITA, Japan, 2003L‘architecture d‘aujourd‘hui, Sophie Trelkat, Solar Tube, maison familiale, Nr. 342. p. 68 - 69, France, 2002Architektur aktuell, Öst. Schule in Budapest, Stephan Templ, Nr. 5 p. 118 - 129, Springer Verlag, Austria, 2002OCTOGON a Masodik otthonunk, Ausgabe 5 p. 38 - 42, Hungary, 2001

Meta-text

ACT 1 test, concept, transformation, flexibility, motion, absorption, natural takeover

ACT 2 intervention, playground city edge, action, research, joints, solid, magic wox, sparta, xxl, one off

ACT 3 in-side, redensification, background, implicate, extension, panorama, hill riders, artificial horizon, exclude, backbone, overcoming

ACT 4 traffic, noise protection, prefabrication, pre-elementing, viewpoint, overpass, transparency, balance, natural ventilation, light tracing

ACT 5riverside, public, privacy, contact, individuality, identity, perspective, intersection, interposition, towards, focus, diffuse day light distribution, steel wood glass stone set up sharp frameworks, graduation, shadow, stop, noise, together, connectivity, threshold

ACT 6 take off, extrapolated comic home, nine commandments, separate access, house on house on house, stacked mansions, colour source, filter

ACT 7experience, contemplation, situation, seasons, change nature through nature, implant, integrate, cleaved, aloft, clear tangency, tummy, contrast, counterweight, footprint, facebook, bridges, expanded, expanded lightness, lightworks, floating

ACT 8 spacesuit, breadth neighbourhood, transfer, anticipation, add on, source

on the topic

ACT 1 josef p. kleihues, schriftenreihe zur internationalen bauausstellung berlin 1984/87, die neubaugebiete dokumente. projekte. band 3, südliche friedrichstadt, hatje, stuttgart, 1987werner hegemann, das steinerne berlin 1930, geschichte der grössten mietkasernenstadt der welt (bauwelt-fundamente; 3), vieweg, braunschweig, 1988walter gropius und lászló moholy-nagy, bauhausbücher, 14 bände, albert langen verlagflorian urban, berlin / ddr, neohistorisch / geschichte aus fertigteilen. diss.jane jacobs, the death and life of great american cities, modern library, new york, random house, 1961 robert venture, complexity and contradiction in architecture, the museum of modern art, new york, 2002rob krier, elements of architecture, academy edition, 1993charles jencks, the language of postmodern architecture, rizzoli, 1977driendl*steixner, portrait of the master roland rainer, 16mm, 24min, 1985. i.a: museum of the 20th century vienna [film]driendl*steixner, clip on denkmal, film, 35mm, client: landesregierung nö, 1987. raw material - collection dieter bogner [film]pkw, politik-kunst-wirtschaft, politics-art-economy (m. rotter, g. driendl, g. steixner), pass 001 [brochure]mario rotter, inland endlager, ritter verlag klagenfurt, 1995mario rotter, aus der fischwelt, ritter verlag klagenfurt, 2000mario rotter, von silberfischen und urinsekten, ritter verlag klagenfurt, 2005rainer karlsch, faktor öl: die mineralölwirtschaft in deutschland 1859-1974, beck 2003 maison solaire standardisée (article général), techniques et architecture 404, p. 92 - nov. 1992, [magazine]models, graphics, sketches of standard solar, top 7, collection MAK österreichisches museum für angewandte kunst in wien (austrian museum of applied arts vienna)roland rainer, die behausungsfrage, verlag scientia, zürich, 1947

ACT 2karo katzmann, schwarzbuch wasser - verschwendung, verschmutzung, bedrohte zukunft, molden, wien 2007 klaus zwerger, das holz und seine verbindungen, birkhäuser verlag, 1997andrea deplazes, architektur konstruieren. vom rohmaterial zum bauwerk, birkhäuser verlag2004

ACT 3 adolf loos, wie man eine wohnung einrichten soll: stilvolles über scheinbar unverrückbares, metroverlag, wien 2008roland rainer, dekorationen ersetzen konzepte nicht, böhlau verlag, wien, 1990andrea palladio, quattro libri dell’architettura, venedig 1570peter connolly, hazel dodge, the ancient city: life in classical athens and rome, new york, oxford up, 1998michael stahl, gesellschaft und staat bei den griechen, verlag ferdinand schöningh, 2 bände, 2003ugo enrico paoli, das leben im alten rom, franckhe verlag, bern, 1961horst blanck, einführung in das privatleben der griechen und römer, wissenschaftliche buchgesellschaft, 1996harald mielsch, die römische villa in: frühe stadtkulturen heidelberg: spektrum, akademischer verlag, 1997clemens amelunxen, louis bonaparte – bruder napoleons – erster könig von holland, carl heymanns, 1989helmut spieker, totalitäre architektur, karl krämer, 1980andreas fecht, schatten der macht: architektur des nationalsozialismus in berlin, jovis, 2006hans j. reichhardt, wolfgang schäche, von berlin nach germania: über die zerstörungen der “reichshauptstadt” durch albert speers neugestaltungsplanungen, transit buchverlag, 1998robert alan dahl, on political equality, yale university press, 2006konrad h. kinzl, demokratia. der weg zur demokratie bei den griechen, wissenschaftliche buchgesellschaft, darmstadt 199

ACT 4dieter hoffmann-axthelm, wie kommt die geschichte ins entwerfen, aufsätze zu architektur und stadt, bauwelt fundamente, band 78, vieweg & sohn, 1987reinhard seiss, wer baut wien?: hintergründe und motive der stadtentwicklung wiens seit 1989, anton pustet, salzburg, 2008louis h. sullivan, form follows function, “the tall office building artistically considered”, 1896ga houses 76, 07 2003, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ga houses 101, special edt., edita tokyo co.,ltd, 2008 [magazine]l´architettura, energia del progetto, 04 2003 [magazine]alanna stang, christopher hawthorne, the green house: new directions in sustainable architecture, princeton architectural press, 2005 peter and jennifer hyatt, designing with glass: great glass buildings, Images Publishing, 2006deborah snoonian, architectural record 04 2004 [magazine]atd / architecture technology & design, 08 2004 [magazine]michael webb, art invention house, rizzoli, 2005grazia d´annunzio, ad 10 2005, the green house: new directions in sustainable architecture [magazine]virginia mcleod, detail in contemporary residential architecture, laurence king publishers, 2007 simone schleifer, small eco - houses / petites maisons ecologiques / kleine ökohäuser, taschen verlag, 2007

models, graphics, sketches of solar tube and shape deck, collection austrian museum of applied arts viennaadolf loos, warum architektur keine kunst ist: fundamentales über scheinbar funktionales, metroverlag, wien 2009gerd de bruyn, die enzyklopädische architektur, transcript, 2008

ACT 5 michael braungart, das kirschbaum prinzip, national geographic no.11 energie, wege in die zukunft, seite 6, 2009 [magazine]ga houses 82, 07 2004, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]

ACT 6 roland rainer, ebenerdige wohnhäuser, bergland-verlag, wien 1948

ACT 7 ga houses 76, 07 2003 solar tube, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ga houses 78, 12 2003 solar box + solar deck, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ga projects 80, 03 2004 solar blade + solar trap, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ga houses 82, 07 2004 solar mount, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ga houses 86, 03 2005 little big room, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ga houses project 98 03 2007, cubic lights, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ga document 95 2007, galzigbahn, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ga transportation 08, 2007 galzigbahn, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ga houses 101 special edt., 2008 solar tube, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ga houses project 103, 2008 mobile paradise, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ga houses project 109, 2009 module view, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ga houses 111, 2009 cubic lights, edita tokyo co.,ltd [magazine]ebenezer howard, to-morrow: a peaceful path to real reform, 1898ebenezer howard, garden cities of to-morrow, 1902wilfried posch, die wiener gartenstadtbewegung, reformversuch zwischen erster und zweiter gründerzeit, edition tusch, buch- und kunstverlag gmbh, wien, 1981roland rainer, städtebauliche prosa, verlag wasmuth, tübingen, 1948roland rainer (zusammen mit göderitz und hoffmann), die gegliederte und aufgelockerte stadt, verlag wasmuth, tübingen, 1957roland rainer, die welt als garten: china, akad. druck- und verlagsanstalt, graz, 1976roland rainer, anonymes bauen im iran, akadem. druck- u. verlagsanstalt, graz, 1977roland rainer, anonymes bauen: nordburgenland, böhlau wien, 2000 judith dupre skyscrapers, a history of the world‘s most extraordinary buildings (hardcover) black dog & leventhal publishers, 2008le corbusier, œuvre complète. gesamtwerk in acht bänden. Zürich, 1965 - 1970, 1995

ACT 8 werner durth, paul sigel, baukultur - spiegel gesellschaftlichen wandels, jovis verlag berlin, 2009kevin lynch, the image of the city, mit press, cambridge ma 1960vitruvii de architectura libri decem, primus verlag, darmstadt, 1996otto graf, die epoche des überfließenden sehvermögens der mensch im weltraum, ausstellungskatalog, österreichischer bundesverlag öbv, schriften des museums des 20. jahrhunderts, wien 1970john f. kennedy, special message to the congress on urgent national needs, delivered in person before a joint session of congress may 25, 1961christian demand, showtime – arch + 193, september 2009, s 02 [magazine]alex maclean, over: der american way of life, abrams, 2008bruno latour, das parlament der dinge: naturpolitik, suhrkamp verlag, frankfurt am main, 2001jean ziegler, imperium der schande, c. bertelsmann verlag, 2005jean ziegler, der hass auf den westen, c. bertelsmann verlag, 2009

“as human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.“ mahatma gandhi [quotation]original material hoverfront d, collection chicago athenaeum, museum of architecture and design, chicago, united states of america, 2010lester c. thurow, the future of capitalism: how today‘s economic forces shape tomorrow‘s world, 1996christian felber, kooperation statt konkurrenz. 10 schritte aus der krise, deuticke, 2009christian felber, 50 vorschläge für eine gerechtere welt gegen konzernmacht und kapitalismus, deuticke, wien,2006thomas morus, utopia, 1516