one so often finds in a similar position in an English institution. The bronze clock which is suspended in front of the fountain is also very well designed and executed.
The same remark applies to practically all the fittings, which are extremely simple but have the appearance of being specially designed for the job. Worth noting in this connection are the ceiling lights in the staircase corridor leading to the Festhalle, as well as the door furniture and the metal balustrading. The fittings in the classrooms are, of course, of a very simple nature, but their arrangement has been well organised. This is particularly true of the neatly-designed windows with their blinds, which are concealed behind a permanent pelmet board.
The equipment generally is of the type to be expected in a school building. There is a forced ventilation system, and the heating is by low pressure hot water. There are gas fires in some of the rooms as an auxiliary.
There has been no stinting in respect of such matters as tile and marble work where necessary. The Festhalle has its piers clothed in marble up to a height of about 10 feet, and marble or tile dadoes are used in the corridors, lavatories, dining-rooms, etc. The floors in the workshops are either of wood or composition, and linoleum on concrete has been used in the classrooms and in the services.
Colour treatment has been employed effectively but in a sparing manner. An amusing experiment has been made in the treatment of the main staircase, the walls of which are in orange of a tone which is increased in depth from floor to floor. As the staircase is somewhat better lit at the top than at the bottom, the extra depth of tone is scarcely noticeable, and this no doubt was the intention of the architects.
The metal balustrade of the staircase is painted royal blue, and the doors to the corridors are generally grey with blue surrounds. The classrooms are in simple bright colours, but certain of the corridors have been treated in blue, purple, etc.
The external finish is a grey colour wash on cement rendering which looks well against the white windows and the tiled roofs. The walls of the courtyard are of a light cream tone.
The municipality prides itself on several details, which no doubt represent an advance over the usual Continental practice, but which are more or less taken for granted in this country and the United States. Great attention, for instance, has been paid to possibilities of cleaning, and all corners have been rounded and posts and cornices coved. Even the plinths for minor pieces of furniture are treated in this way. Great difficulty is experienced in workshops from excess of dust, and this has been partly obviated by coating the floors with sawdust soaked in oil, which Fig. 4. — INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, VIENNA: THE MAIN ENTRANCE IN THE
HUTTELDORFERSTRASSE.
Josef Hofbauer and Wilhelm Baumgarten, Architects.
The same remark applies to practically all the fittings, which are extremely simple but have the appearance of being specially designed for the job. Worth noting in this connection are the ceiling lights in the staircase corridor leading to the Festhalle, as well as the door furniture and the metal balustrading. The fittings in the classrooms are, of course, of a very simple nature, but their arrangement has been well organised. This is particularly true of the neatly-designed windows with their blinds, which are concealed behind a permanent pelmet board.
The equipment generally is of the type to be expected in a school building. There is a forced ventilation system, and the heating is by low pressure hot water. There are gas fires in some of the rooms as an auxiliary.
There has been no stinting in respect of such matters as tile and marble work where necessary. The Festhalle has its piers clothed in marble up to a height of about 10 feet, and marble or tile dadoes are used in the corridors, lavatories, dining-rooms, etc. The floors in the workshops are either of wood or composition, and linoleum on concrete has been used in the classrooms and in the services.
Colour treatment has been employed effectively but in a sparing manner. An amusing experiment has been made in the treatment of the main staircase, the walls of which are in orange of a tone which is increased in depth from floor to floor. As the staircase is somewhat better lit at the top than at the bottom, the extra depth of tone is scarcely noticeable, and this no doubt was the intention of the architects.
The metal balustrade of the staircase is painted royal blue, and the doors to the corridors are generally grey with blue surrounds. The classrooms are in simple bright colours, but certain of the corridors have been treated in blue, purple, etc.
The external finish is a grey colour wash on cement rendering which looks well against the white windows and the tiled roofs. The walls of the courtyard are of a light cream tone.
The municipality prides itself on several details, which no doubt represent an advance over the usual Continental practice, but which are more or less taken for granted in this country and the United States. Great attention, for instance, has been paid to possibilities of cleaning, and all corners have been rounded and posts and cornices coved. Even the plinths for minor pieces of furniture are treated in this way. Great difficulty is experienced in workshops from excess of dust, and this has been partly obviated by coating the floors with sawdust soaked in oil, which Fig. 4. — INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, VIENNA: THE MAIN ENTRANCE IN THE
HUTTELDORFERSTRASSE.
Josef Hofbauer and Wilhelm Baumgarten, Architects.