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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Vienna, Wien, Austriaen_US
dc.coverage.temporalcompleted 2010 (alteration)en_US
dc.creatorQuerkraften_US
dc.date2010
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-17T20:47:27Z
dc.date.available2014-12-17T20:47:27Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier252352en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2957en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/167910
dc.descriptionView looking through new glass entrance, illuminated "sitting trees" and beyond to 1918 facade; The original building opened in 1918. The main, south entrance facing Mariahilferstrasse was fully glazed, but this created poor acoustics and overheating in summer, heat loss in winter. The new entrance was redesigned with "sitting trees": the plastic seating elements (benches at the base) envelop all the existing steel supports and at the same time they provide treelike shade at the glazed roof. The elements are backlit and can cycle with different color accents. Founded in 1998 the three partners at Querkraft were named Young Architects of the Year in 2004 by architectural magazine BD. "Querkraft" literally translated means the art of lateral thinking. Source: Querkraft [firm website]; http://www.querkraft.at/ (accessed 4/25/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumglass; plastic; steel; lightingen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectlightingen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleVienna Technical Museum [entrance]en_US
dc.title.alternativeTechnisches Museum Wien [entrance]en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-QUERK-TMW-A07en_US
vra.culturalContextAustrianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeentranceen_US
vra.worktypeentrance hallen_US
dc.contributor.displayQuerkraft (Austrian architectural firm, founded 1998)en_US


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