The individual's desire to build something should not be deterred...

 
   
     
 




Hundertwasser was a painter and architect known for his use of irregular forms. You will find many examples of his work but probably not this, a modest tiny house in Roiten, Austria where he lived. His buildings are not ‘natural homes’ but he has a place on here because he was concerned about the individual's right to build a home unconstrained by planning and architecture. Hundertwasser, like Gaudi didn’t like straight lines.

   
           

In the early 60s he said, "The individual's desire to build something should not be deterred! Everyone should be able and have to build and thus be truly responsible for the four walls in which he lives. And one must take the risk into the bargain that such a fantastic structure might collapse later, and one should not and must not shrink from human sacrifice which this new mode of building demands, perhaps demands. We must at last put a stop to having people move into their quarters like chickens and rabbits into their coops." Extract from the Mouldiness Manifesto.

 

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