Hundertwasser's comment on the work

 
THE ROLLING HILLS
 
 
 
1. life in harmony with nature;
 
2. forest and meadow air instead of »concrete air«;
 
3. the longing for romanticism and creativity is fulfilled;
 
4. totally green houses that can be walked upon;
 
5. energy-saving houses, latently cool in summer warm in winter;
 
6. more quality of life for the neighbours, not just for the residents;
 
7. an Austrian way out of the cul-de-sac of city planning which will be a precedent worldwide.

Hundertwasser, 1992

ARCH 100
THERMAL VILLAGE BLUMAU - THE ROLLING HILLS
A Hundertwasser Architecture Project

New building; concept and design for a wellness hotel complex in harmony with nature in a rural site; landscape design
Total area: 35.000 sqm

odel 1:200: Alfred Schmid, 1992
Model 1:50: Alfred Schmid, 1994
Model 1:100: Andreas Bodi, 1997
Start of construction: summer 1993
Topping-out ceremony: September 13, 1996
Inauguration of stage I (60% executed): May 10, 1997
Hotel complex with c. 600 beds (247 double rooms, 24 apartments)
Stammhaus (Parent house): 47 double rooms
Ziegelhaus and Kunsthaus (Brick house and Art house): 100 double rooms each
Waldhofhaus and Augenschlitzhäuser (Forest-courtyard house and Eye-slit houses): 21 apartments
Water landscape with thermal and fresh water pools, health centre, activity and recreational landscapes, restaurants, café, shops, conference rooms and offices
Steinhaus (Stone house): 59 suites (1999-2000)
Fachwerkhaus (Half-timbered house), Stadthaus (City house) and Schneckenhaus (Snail house), which are visible in the model, have not yet been realised.

1993 - 1997
8283 Blumau 100, Steiermark / Styria, A
ROGNER International, Villach
Peter Pelikan

On invitation of Robert Rogner Hundertwasser accepted to plan hotel- and hot springs facilities and designed them as an architectural landscape in harmony with nature.

Various architectural concepts, such as the Eye-slit house, the Forest-courtyard house, the Rolling-hills and Shifted-hills houses were realised here for the first time.
All buildings are completely overgrown with vegetation to wander and walk upon.
The first stage inaugurated in May 1997 included the hotel devices, a water-landscape with thermal- and sweetwater pools, a health-centre as well as recreation and function facilities.In the Rolling Hills nature, art and creation are a unity.

The longings of human beings for romantic and togetherness in an architecture in harmony with nature have become reality.

In 1997 the Thermal Village Rogner-Bad Blumau was awarded the Austrian Environmental Award for Tourism. On the occasion of the ITB 1998 in Berlin Robert Rogner and Hundertwasser were awarded the 1998 Prize for outstanding services to tourism by the Association of German Travel Journalists.

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