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Hi!

I just stumbled over this thread. I am the guy who created this kitchen together with my romana suitner.

I guess a lot of the critics around here may build on the rather poor photos shown here. On the other hand you have to keep in mind that we build this kitchen without any money. Two students with a kid... what should I say;)
Regarding the lack of colour and agility I would like to remind you all that if you take a closer look, you want notice any articles of daily use. The reason is that I took this photo right after we finished it.
We understand architecture as the BASIS for agility and liveliness. On a daily grind, we had lots of fruits, vegetables, random stuff and sometimes even flowers standing around. This alone added enough color and deviation.
And one more thing that might explain our concept a bit. The kitchen had only one rather small window, that faced towards the staircase, that had another small window facing into a small corona, facing north. So we had basically no natural light. Starting to clutter the walls, would have meant to decrease the amount of reflected natural light. And this was no option!
Our attitude is closly linked to the words of famous austrian architect Roland Rainer, who says:"Architecture is about attaining the biggest effect/ impact, throught the least effort".
All materials used are eighter found on the streets of vienna or purchased for little money at the hardware store.
Have a nice day.