DOI Heft:
No. 223 (October 1911)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21155#0091
Studio-Talk
shows that she can also adapt her "art to sterner
subjects. She has a practical knowledge of woods
and has been particularly happy in her selection of
the palisander, with its lovely colouring, durability,
and adaptability.
A new technical school was opened a few
months ago in the ancient city of Steyr in Upper
Austria. The task of designing and building the
school-house was entrusted to Herr Alfred Rodler,
a Vienna architect who is just at the beginning of
his career, but who has already been appointed
Professor at the Gewerbeschule in Vienna. The
architect is a pupil of Professor Ohmann, having
studied under him at the Imperial Academy in
Vienna. This means that he has received a
thorough training both technically and artistically.
Herr Rodler was faced with the problem of how
to erect a building which would be in harmony
with the ancient surroundings and yet fulfil the
requirements of our times, and he has ably
accomplished his task.
Steyr is in every way a city typical of Upper
Austria, and a decided leaning towards the baroque
style is the chief characteristic of its architecture,
the surrounding mountains forming a fitting back-
ground to this style of architecture. Hence the
particular style of the new technical schools.
Then again the building had to serve both as a
school and as the dwelling of the Director and
his pupils, and this requirement of course necessi-
tated special consideration.
As may be gathered from the accompanying-
illustrations, the building is elevated above the
level of the city; its position is indeed a domi-
nating one, for the building can be seen from a
long distance, the view from the terrace being a
very extensive one. The whole of the ground
floor is reserved for the residence of the Director,
the upper story being set apart for his private
studio and the class-rooms and workshops. These
last are eminently practical in arrangement, for
each student has a window to himself, the work
upon which he is engaged requiring a large
amount of light. The attics are used as bedrooms
for the students, who not only receive their
NEW TECHNICAL SCHOOL, STEYR, UPPER AUSTRIA
PROF. ALFRED RODLER, ARCHITECT
69
shows that she can also adapt her "art to sterner
subjects. She has a practical knowledge of woods
and has been particularly happy in her selection of
the palisander, with its lovely colouring, durability,
and adaptability.
A new technical school was opened a few
months ago in the ancient city of Steyr in Upper
Austria. The task of designing and building the
school-house was entrusted to Herr Alfred Rodler,
a Vienna architect who is just at the beginning of
his career, but who has already been appointed
Professor at the Gewerbeschule in Vienna. The
architect is a pupil of Professor Ohmann, having
studied under him at the Imperial Academy in
Vienna. This means that he has received a
thorough training both technically and artistically.
Herr Rodler was faced with the problem of how
to erect a building which would be in harmony
with the ancient surroundings and yet fulfil the
requirements of our times, and he has ably
accomplished his task.
Steyr is in every way a city typical of Upper
Austria, and a decided leaning towards the baroque
style is the chief characteristic of its architecture,
the surrounding mountains forming a fitting back-
ground to this style of architecture. Hence the
particular style of the new technical schools.
Then again the building had to serve both as a
school and as the dwelling of the Director and
his pupils, and this requirement of course necessi-
tated special consideration.
As may be gathered from the accompanying-
illustrations, the building is elevated above the
level of the city; its position is indeed a domi-
nating one, for the building can be seen from a
long distance, the view from the terrace being a
very extensive one. The whole of the ground
floor is reserved for the residence of the Director,
the upper story being set apart for his private
studio and the class-rooms and workshops. These
last are eminently practical in arrangement, for
each student has a window to himself, the work
upon which he is engaged requiring a large
amount of light. The attics are used as bedrooms
for the students, who not only receive their
NEW TECHNICAL SCHOOL, STEYR, UPPER AUSTRIA
PROF. ALFRED RODLER, ARCHITECT
69