FLEDERHAUS | heri&salli

The architecture office heri&salli designed on the square in front of the “Museumsquartier” /Vienna (Austria) a constructed sequence of standstill… a moment of physical tranquility. The open space of the Museumsquartier is already a place to hang around and relax, now the architects created a prototype divided in sequences in this area- the Flederhaus…equipped with hammocks. The obviously abstract shape of the house diverges from the typical object house because of its different use and the spatial opening; it becomes the enlarged public open space of a vertical structured sphere. It’s a constructed public “space with additional value”, an oasis for the soul. The construction is only a copy or rather a logo of a story of a stay. Obviously staying in a public area is only temporary…a kind of sequence, we give this sequence a permanent setting. Name-“Flederhaus” (a German word play, “Fledermaus” is a bat) The name is the result of the combination “Fledermaus” and “Haus”, but now who hangs down in the house is the human being, not the bat.