Grüne Zitadelle (Green Citadel) in Magdeburg, the last architectural project planned by the Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser before his death.
Sent by Wolfgang from Magdeburg, Germany.
The house is located in the city center in the immediate vicinity of the cathedral square and the state parliament; the construction was controversial. The owners of the diocese included Gero AG as the client and MBN Montage-Bau GmbH, Magdeburg, as general contractor. The artistic direction was provided by Gruener Janura AG, Vienna, founded by Hundertwasser, represented by the estate administrator Joram Harel and the architect Heinz M. Springer. The cost amounted to about 27 million euros.
At the site of today's Green Citadel stood until the demolition in 1959, the St. Nicholas Church. This was used after the profanation in 1810 as an arsenal. In the 1970s followed on the brownfield (after the bombing in World War II), a residential building in the prefabricated building. Rolf Opitz, then chairman of the Housing Cooperative City of Magdeburg in 1954 , had the idea in 1995 to ask Hundertwasser. He suggested redesigning the prefab building in Hundertwasser style, which the artist had already achieved in other buildings. Hundertwasser agreed, but later a new building was built because of the greater scope of design. The planning was done by the architects Peter Pelikan (draft) and Heinz M. Springmann (execution) (read more).
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