Hundertwasser waste incineration plant

I simply ❤️ it!

The Spittelau waste incineration plant is one of three thermal waste treatment plants operated by "Wien Energie“. Its special feature lies in the facade artistically designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. With an installed total output of 460 MW, the plant is the second largest heating generator in the district of the city of Vienna.

At the end of the 1980s, the outer facade of the entire district heating plant was redesigned by Friedensreich Hundertwasser after a major fire in 1987. The planning was carried out by the architect Peter Pelikan in cooperation with Alexander Marchart, Roland Moebius and Waagner-Biro. The previously sober functional building became a work of art that is intended to represent a harmonious symbiosis between technology, ecology and art. A thermal waste treatment plant in a similar style was later built in Osaka/Japan based on the Spittelau.Read more