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An architect's Tagwerk: notes on Otto Steidle's work between the urban and the rural

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2012

Florian Kossak
Affiliation:
Sheffield School of Architecture, The University of Sheffield, Arts Tower, Western Bank, Sheffield, s10 2tn, UKf.kossak@sheffield.ac.uk

Extract

A green Unimog, the penultimate agricultural utility vehicle, makes its way through a curved, potholed road in the dark woods of Lower Bavaria. What differs from an otherwise everyday scene is the strange, compact structure that rises from its rear body and partly overhangs the driver's cabin. Painted in a warm yellow and oxblood red it contrasts vividly with the muted dark green of the surrounding fir trees.

At the end of the road, the forest opens up and the wide plain of the river Inn leads the way towards the west, towards Munich. Looking southwards through the driver's window one can see the profile of the Bavarian Alps in the evening sunset. Arriving in Munich the vehicle makes a stop at a busy boulevard lined with cafés and bars.

Type
theory
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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