About Buildings + Cities

81 — Otto Wagner — 3/5 — On the Stadtbahn

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Apr 18, 2021
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INSIGHT

Wagner's Vision for Vienna's Expansion

  • Otto Wagner transformed Vienna's second development plan into a comprehensive infrastructural vision spanning 40 by 30 kilometers.
  • This vision integrated engineering, classicism, and metropolitan expansion to accommodate population growth and urban modernity.
INSIGHT

Danube Canal’s Bold Architectural Fusion

  • Wagner's Danube canal projects blend classical architecture with industrial steelwork, creating monumental yet functional infrastructure.
  • The use of materials emphasized a heroic, muscular aesthetic contrasting white stone with green bronze and iron elements.
ANECDOTE

Railway Stations as Artful Engineering

  • Wagner designed urban railway stations as iconic industrial structures at a toy-like scale.
  • Decorative trusses and slender metal skeleton columns gave engineering works an unusually artistic character.
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