THE NEW INDUSTRIAL CONTINUATION SCHOOL IN VIENNA — II
Josef Hofbauer and Wilhelm Baumgarten, Architects
By Howard Robertson, F. R. I. B. A., S. A. D. G. Photographs by F. R. Yerbury.
Undoubtedly the most interesting features of the new school are the open central courtyard and the great machinery hall (Fig. 1), together with the main vestibule which is treated as an open colonnaded passageway, but which derives especial interest from its structural piers, which are treated simply and expressively in their functional form of weight-bearing reinforced concrete stanchions.
The ceiling of the vestibule is slightly coffered, and the wall surfaces are finished with granulated cemen rendering lightened by a warm-toned colour wash.
The courtyard forms a very inviting and cheerful centre of circulation for the whole school, with its simply treated covered ways and its vista closed by the boldly treated fenestration of the main staircase, which is handled as one big unit without interruption Fig. 1. — INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, VIENNA: THE MACHINERY HALL IN THE CARPENTERS’ AND
JOINERS’ SECTION.
Josef Hofbauer and Wilhelm Baumgarten, Architects.
Josef Hofbauer and Wilhelm Baumgarten, Architects
By Howard Robertson, F. R. I. B. A., S. A. D. G. Photographs by F. R. Yerbury.
Undoubtedly the most interesting features of the new school are the open central courtyard and the great machinery hall (Fig. 1), together with the main vestibule which is treated as an open colonnaded passageway, but which derives especial interest from its structural piers, which are treated simply and expressively in their functional form of weight-bearing reinforced concrete stanchions.
The ceiling of the vestibule is slightly coffered, and the wall surfaces are finished with granulated cemen rendering lightened by a warm-toned colour wash.
The courtyard forms a very inviting and cheerful centre of circulation for the whole school, with its simply treated covered ways and its vista closed by the boldly treated fenestration of the main staircase, which is handled as one big unit without interruption Fig. 1. — INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, VIENNA: THE MACHINERY HALL IN THE CARPENTERS’ AND
JOINERS’ SECTION.
Josef Hofbauer and Wilhelm Baumgarten, Architects.