1. Lesson 6
Learning Objective:
Recap and develop understanding of Hundertwasser’s theory about the five skins.
Investigate the designs and inventions that Hundertwasser and other architects create to
make the way we live more ecological.
Learning Outcome:
Apply this knowledge to your own ecological designs in response to Hundertwasser’s
ideas.
3. Five skins recap
What was Hundertwasser’s idea behind the ‘five skins’?
Like the layers of an onion we are made
up from many parts that create the
whole. Hundertwasser believed that
without each layer we are not whole.
5. Five skins recap
1: Skin
Keeps our organs, our
thoughts, memories and
creativity together.
6. Five skins recap
2: Clothes
Hundertwasser was surprised- even
angry sometimes- that people all dress
the same and wear such boring clothes.
He wanted clothing to express a
person’s beauty and uniqueness.
7. Five skins recap
3: Houses
Our houses are the outer covering of
our private living space and should
express the individuality of the people
who live within.
8. The Fourth Skin: Identity (Hundertwasser says...)
In 1972 Hundertwasser came to a turning-point in his career. He became much more
sensitive to the social environment and to the identity problems linked to a group,
community or nation.
As Austrian Jews, many relatives from Hundertwasser’s mother’s family were deported
and executed in the Nazi concentration camps, with the remainder of the family having
to go into hiding.
What could Hundertwasser’s art and Fantastic architecture be an
expression of?
New skins we haven’t discussed….
9. The Fourth Skin: Identity (Hundertwasser says...)
In 1972 Hundertwasser came to a turning-point in his career. He became much more
sensitive to the social environment and to the identity problems linked to a group,
community or nation.
As Austrian Jews, many relatives from Hundertwasser’s mother’s family were deported
and executed in the Nazi concentration camps, with the remainder of the family having
to go into hiding.
Hundertwasser’s art and Fantastic architecture could be an expression of freedom
against artistic, political and social standardisation – the type he and his family, and
Austria and Germany as a whole, experienced during Nazi occupation.
New skins we haven’t discussed….
10. The Fifth Skin: Earth
Since Hundertwasser’s earliest childhood he had displayed a hypersensitivity to his
surroundings. He believed that nature is the supreme reality, the source of universal
harmony; his immense respect for nature very soon aroused in him the desire to protect it
against the attacks made on it by man and industry.
New skins we haven’t discussed….
11. In nature there are many sorts of cycles.
Can you name a cycle that occurs in nature?
A cycle is something which always comes back to the beginning again.
Cycle and Recycle
12. In nature there are many sorts of cycles.
Can you name a cycle that occurs in nature?
A cycle is something which always comes back to the beginning again.
Cycle and Recycle
Photosynthesis
Water cycle
Agricultural Astronomy Life cycle of humans, plants and animals
Food chain Seasonal Geophysical
Energy
13. When vegetation falls to the
ground it rots, decomposes
and becomes earth once
more.
If the vegetation
doesn’t get to fall to the
ground because you have
eaten it (eg. an apple)-
what happens then?
14. A pile of poo, of course!
Hundertwasser believed that just as apples and
leaves can become humus so can our poo. Humus is
a special sort of earth which is rich in nutrients. We
form part of the cycle of nature if our poo is allowed
to be transformed into humus.
But it doesn’t work if we flush it down
the loo. We interrupt the cycle, we are
no longer part of nature.
Hundertwasser created a toilet to
recycle poo and solve this problem. He
said:
“I built it to show how you can turn
your poo into gold, to make me
pleased and to see that it really
works- that way, I can sleep more
peacefully at night.”
15. The dirty water must flow through the
root portion of the plants and through
the colonies of decomposing bacteria;
in this way it is purified naturally. The
dirt is converted in part to vegetable
matter and in part to mineral sediment.
16. What would you include in an ecological building design?
WATCH THIS- Earthships- ecological design
Make a list of all the ideas in the clip.
17. What would you do in order to create an ecological building?
1. Power generation- solar power, wind power.
2. Water harvesting.
3. Sewage containment and treatment.
4. Controlling temperature without using any fuel.
5. In-home food production.
6. Building materials- recycled materials.
What could you add to your
building drawn from your
imagination? Experiment with
ideas in your sketchbook.
18. Design Homework
1. Redesign the building drawn from
your imagination (previous
homework).
2. Include your ideas to make it more
ecological.
3. Adapt your drawing so that it
resembles a Hundertwasser pieces of
architecture.
Remember to consider:
1. Power generation- solar
power, wind power.
2. Water harvesting.
3. Sewage containment and
treatment.
4. Controlling temperature
without using any fuel.
5. In-home food production.
6. Building materials- recycled
materials.
Level 4: Line drawing of your design annotated with ideas
how you might make it more ecological.
Level 5: In addition to the requirements for Level 4 your
design will be in colour and include detail, pattern and
textures that resemble Hundertwasser’s work.
Level 6: In addition to all the requirements above, your
drawing will show different views or detailed diagrams of your
green designs.
Level 7: In addition to all the requirements above, you will
include research into how your ideas will save energy.
Design Homework
1. Redesign the building drawn from
your imagination (previous
homework).
2. Include your ideas to make it more
ecological.
3. Adapt your drawing so that it
resembles a Hundertwasser pieces of
architecture.
Remember to consider:
1. Power generation- solar
power, wind power.
2. Water harvesting.
3. Sewage containment and
treatment.
4. Controlling temperature
without using any fuel.
5. In-home food production.
6. Building materials- recycled
materials.
Level 4: Line drawing of your design annotated with ideas
how you might make it more ecological.
Level 5: In addition to the requirements for Level 4 your
design will be in colour and include detail, pattern and
textures that resemble Hundertwasser’s work.
Level 6: In addition to all the requirements above, your
drawing will show different views or detailed diagrams of your
green designs.
Level 7: In addition to all the requirements above, you will
include research into how your ideas will save energy.
19. Lesson 7
Learning Objective:
Develop skills in working collaboratively.
Synthesise understanding from previous lessons.
Learning Outcome:
Collaborate with a partner and design a building that is ecological AND reflects the style of
Hundertwasser.
20. In pairs, design a Hundertwasser
inspired building that saves
energy and resources or benefits
the environment in some way.
21. Print and enlarge to A3
Names:
What design elements are you taking from each student?:
How do the designs reflect Hundertwasser’s style?:
Which ecological inventions will you use?:
Experiment with combining
some of your designs below.
Once you are happy draw the
complete building here……
22. Lesson 8
Learning Objective:
Develop understanding of composition and improve skills in manipulating media.
Learning Outcome:
Mixed media collage of your final building design.
23. In pairs:
1.Scale up your drawing to fill the card / paper
2.Use the different materials to block in some of the
shapes you have made.
3.Think carefully about parts you want to appear
closer to you.
4.Try to include many patterns and textures
24. It’s worth thinking ahead to how the materials will look when they are painted. You
will be surprised how effective something very simple can look once it has some
colour.
Look at these painted textures. What do you think they are made from?
25. Elastic bands Bubble wrap Hole punch Pencil sharpenings
Rice Fabric and thread Tea leaves Cling film
26. Lesson 9
Learning Objective:
Apply understanding of painting techniques, colour and texture to the collage.
Learning Outcome:
Mixed media collage of your final building design.
27. Think carefully about your colour combinations when you
paint into your collage.
Complementary (contrasting colours sit opposite
each other on the colour wheel).Analogous or Harmonious colour relationships.
COLOUR RECAP
29. Lesson 10
Learning Objective:
Apply understanding of painting techniques, colour and texture to the collage.
Learning Outcome:
Mixed media collage of your final building design.
30. This is one approach you could try. Apply paint
roughly and with other objects other than a brush.
Add detail at the end.
Use other coloured
materials over your
main collage once
painted.
Use other coloured
materials over your
main collage once
painted.
Collage any remnants
of paper you have
Collage any remnants
of paper you have
31. Lesson 11
Learning Objective:
Apply understanding of painting techniques, colour and texture to the collage.
Evaluate success of the project.
Learning Outcome:
Complete mixed media collage of your final building design.
33. Cover lesson 1
Students should use magazines to
create buildings in the style of
Hundertwasser.
Equipment: Scissors and glue
Materials: Magazines
34. Cover lesson 2
Students should design a town of buildings
inspired by the work of Hundertwasser.
The buildings should be shaded in with biro, pencil
or black pen.
The sky must be filled with bright, Hundertwasser
patterns.
Equipment: pencils, pens and colour crayons and
rulers.
Materials: paper for those who do not have their
sketchbooks.
35. Ecology Homework
Create a poster in the style of Hundertwasser that
will persuade the community to live in a greener
way.What do we mean by style of Hundertwasser? Make notes below:
What shapes?
What colours?
What imagery?
Style and amount of writing?
Level 4: Poster shows an understanding of colour, the issue is clear
and the text is in the style of Hundertwasser.
Level 5: In addition to the requirements for Level 4 there are
examples of harmonious and complementary colour relationships,
spirals, circles within circles; all organised in a composition that
takes up the whole page.
Level 6: In addition to all the requirements above, posters must
incorporate recognisable objects associated with the issue. Do not
forget to fill these with colours, patterns and shapes that mirror
Hundertwasser’s style.
Level 7: In addition to all the requirements above, posters can
incorporate more surreal elements such as faces and people within
the landscape not as a separate part.
Hundertwasser is naturally “green”, just as he is naturally a painter, Austrian, cosmopolitan or pacifist. Since his earliest childhood he had displayed a hypersensitivity to his surroundings. Nature is the supreme reality, the source of universal harmony; his immense respect for nature very soon aroused in him the desire to protect it against the attacks made on it by man and industry.
