Josef Haffmann

INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE

H.N.G.U PATAN

A vision of Josef Hoffmann

BY:-
ISHAN JAIN
B.ARCH SEM- VI
• Josef Hoffmann was an Austrian architect and designer who lived from
15 December 1870 to 7 May 1956.
• He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession and a co-founder of
the Wiener Werkstätte.
• His most well-known architectural work is the Palais Stoclet in Brussels
(1905–1911), a forerunner of Modern Architecture, Art Deco, and the
pinnacle of Vienna Secession architecture.
• Beginning in 1887, he transferred to the Higher School of Arts and Crafts
State in Brno / Brünn, where he received his baccalaureate in 1891.
• In 1892, he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where he
studied under Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner, two of the
most prestigious architects of the time.
• There he also met Joseph Maria Olbrich, a rising architect at the time.
• In 1895, Hoffman, along with Olbrich, Koloman Moser, Carl Otto
Czeschka, and others, formed the Siebener Club, a forerunner of the
future Vienna Secession.
• Hoffman's graduation project, an updated Renaissance building, won the
Prix de Rome under Wagner's direction, allowing Hoffmann to travel and
study in Italy for a year. [2]
Vision
• Hoffmann's work became more rigorous, geometric, and less
ornamental during this time period.
• He preferred geometric forms, particularly squares, and black
and white surfaces, later explaining that "these forms,
intelligible to everyone, had never appeared in previous
styles."
• He was in charge of designing the frequent exhibits held in the
Secession gallerias, such as the setting for Gustav Klimt's
famous Beethoven frieze.
ARCHITECTURAL WORKS :
1. Sanatorium Purkersdorf
• The Sanatorium Purkersdorf was built in Purkersdorf,
Wien-Umgebung, Lower Austria, as a sanatorium.
• It was designed by architect Josef Hoffmann for
industrialist Victor Zuckerkandl in 1904-05 and is an
example of Viennese Secession architecture.
• Location
• The Purkersdorf Sanatorium was built between 1904-05 by
the architect Josef Hoffmann for the industrialist Victor
Zuckerkandl in a wooded area on the outskirts of Vienna, in
Purkersdorf, Wien-Umgebung, Lower Austria.
• Concept
• Viktor Zuckerkandl commissioned the sanatorium to be a
modernist home for high-society seniors.
• The sanatorium served as a hotel or nursing home rather
than a hospital, and it became a social and artistic hub for
Viennese society.
Sanatorium Purkersdorf
• Critics and Hoffman himself described the Purkersdorf
sanatorium's design as rational, honest, logical, and based
on an objective analysis of needs.
• RestorationAn
• external renovation was carried out in 1995, during which
the upper floor added by Leopold Bauer was removed and
the original appearance was restored.
• Cultural events were held on the inside, and Paulus
Manker's "Alma – A Show biz ans Ende" about the life of
Alma Mahler-Werfel was filmed there from 1996 to 2001.
• Interior renovations were completed in 2003, and it is now
used as a senior care home.
• Spaces
• The use of reinforced concrete, particularly for plants,
allows for a complex and articulated spatial distribution,
with walls arranged independently on different floors,
misaligned windows and balconies, and rooms of varying
sizes, despite the large interior spaces being divided into
several compartments.
• Design
• It has a well-controlled geometric design with three main
functions that are separated and located on three different
levels: physiotherapy, community activities, and bedrooms.
• Each of these levels is symmetrically laid out and divided
into two sections by a single corridor. Hoffmann took
special care to create a well-structured space division so
that residents could move neatly through the building's
spaces, sleep, eat, receive treatment, and relax in various,
accessible, and distinct locations.
2. Stoclet Palace
• The Stoclet Palace is a mansion in the Belgian capital of
Brussels. Josef Hoffmann, an Austrian architect, designed it
for Belgian financier Adolphe Stoclet. It was built between
1905 and 1911 in the Vienna Secession style and is located
on Avenue de Tervueren in the Brussels municipality of
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. The residence, considered Hoffman's
masterpiece, is one of the most refined and luxurious
private houses of the twentieth century.
Stoclet Palace
General information
Type Private house
Architectural style Vienna Secession
Location Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels-
Capital Region, Belgium
Construction started 1905

Completed 1911
Client Adolphe stoclet
Owner Stoclet family
Design and construction
Architect Josef Hoffmann
Other designers Gustav Klimt, Franz
Metzner, Fernand Khnopff
Stoclet Palace
• Authenticity and integrity

• The exterior architecture, interior architecture and
decoration, furniture, and garden of the Stoclet House are
all of high quality.
• The nominated property contains all of the elements
required to express this value. It has not undergone any
major changes.
• The buildings surrounding the House, as well as the
surrounding urban environment, have undergone few
changes. The only new building of any size in its vicinity
has been designed in such a way that its presence does not
jeopardise the nominated property's landscape integrity.
• The Stoclet House and all of its components are genuine.
Stoclet Palace
Stoclet Palace
Stoclet Palace
• The structure was designed to look like a stately city mansion from the street. According to architectural historian Annette Freytag, when
viewed from the back garden, the Stoclet Palace "becomes a villa suburbana with its rear facade sculpturally modelled by bay windows,
balconies, and terraces," giving the Stoclet family a building with "all the advantages of a comfortable urban mansion and a country house at
the same time."
3. Villa Ast, austria
• From 1909 to 1911, Josef Hoffmann designed Villa Ast for
building contractor Eduard Ast.
• The two-story house on a pedestal stands out from the
architect's earlier works and is the highlight of his work in
Vienna.
• The simple structure has a classic appearance (windows
with simple decor and characteristic wavy facade). With its
fine plaster architecture, the cubic, almost unadorned house
appears to be a layered structure, and in front of the portal
is an open porch with a Bacchatinnenfries by Anton
Hanak.”
• During the 1934 extension, Hoffmann created another
frieze in the upper storey by surrounding, almost square
Window.”
3. Villa Ast
3. Villa Ast
3. Villa Ast
3. Villa Ast
3. Villa Ast
3. Villa Ast
3. Villa Ast
4. Villa Primavesi, Gloriettegasse 14-16 in Vienna austria
• The Villa Primavesi, located at
Gloriettegasse 14-16 in Vienna -
Hietzing, is one of Austrian
architect Josef Hoffmann's most
well-known works.
• The representative building was
built between 1913 and 1915 for
the Olomouc-born industrialist
and large landowner and
Reichsrat member Robert
Primavesi and his much
younger partner Josefine
Skywa. After 1945, it was used
as a union training centre, and it
was briefly considered as a
service villa for the Federal
President.
4. Villa Primavesi, Gloriettegasse 14-16 in Vienna austria
5. The Austrian pavilion
• The Austrian Pavilion at the Venice
Biennale is a national pavilion. During
the Biennale, it houses Austria's
official representation.
• The exhibition featured at Austria's
pavilion at the Venice Architecture
Biennale 2014 focuses on the
architecture of Parliament houses,
which serve as key venues for political
debate. With few exceptions, their
form has remained almost unchanged
over the last two centuries and is
inspired by the ancient Greek theatre.
• The pavilion courtyard, designed in the
style of a garden, is envisioned as a
space for the representation of
contemporary democracy; thus, the
"chirping" sounds, dispersed by
speakers installed on top of trees, are
actually real "tweets" by members of
the European Union parliament as well
as protesters on the streets, digitally
converted into vocal messages..
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A vision of Josef Hoffmann

Construction started 1905

• Authenticity and integrity

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