Wien Museum

Vienna, Austria
Competition
2015

In 1713, during the plague epidemic, Emperor Charles VI vowed to build a church to "appease the divine wrath". The site chosen was elevated above the Vienna River in the open countryside, clearly visible from the Hofburg on the axis of Herrengasse. A year later, Emperor Charles VI called upon the architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Johann Lucas von Hildebrand and Ferdinando Gallo Bibiena to participate in the competition. While Hildebrand and Gallo Bibiena proposed clear volumes, Fischer von Erlach mixed Roman triumphal columns with references to the Capitoline Temple of Jupiter, elements of the Hagia Sophia with references to Palladio and Bernini, creating a discourse of truly historical dimensions¹.  A wild design! The Emperor decides! Fischer wins! 

Then, in 2016, just 110 meters away and 302 years later, the city of Vienna announced another competition. This time not for a church, but for an extension to the Wien Museum. We decided to seek dialogue. With the protagonists on the square. With all the triumphal columns, spiral staircases, domes and porticos. With the participation of Brancusi, Constant and Loos!

[1] See Polleres, Friedrich: Die Karlskirche als Kunstwerk und politisches Symbol - Votivkirche und Staatsdenkmal. Vienna, 2008

Collaborators

Gonzalo Vaillo Martinez
Projektarchitekt | project architect
Jürgis Gecys
Mitarbeiter | Collaborator
Christian Gattringer
Scripts | scripts
Marc Werner
Mitarbeiter | Collaborator
Laura Posadinu
Mitarbeiter | Collaborator
Bojana Vucinic
Mitarbeiter | Collaborator
Orit Theuer
Mitarbeiter | Collaborator
Consultants
Werkraum Wien Ingenieure ZT GmbH
Peter Bauer
Tragwerksplanung | Structural Engineering
Project Info
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View D: View from Künstlerhaus towards Wien Museum and Karlskirche  
Blick D: von Vorplatz Künstlerhaus Richtung Wien Museum und Karlskirche  
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View H: View from corner of Argentinierstrasse and Karlsplatz towards Wien Museum and Karlskirche  
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View A: View from Lothringerstrasse towars Karlsplatz and Wien Museum  
Blick A: von Lothringerstrasse Richtung Wien Museum und Karlsplatz  
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View from Canovagasse towards Karlskirche  
Blick aus Canovagasse Richtung Karlskirche und Wien Museum  
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View from the portico of Karlskirche towards the Wien Museum  
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