Addressing the blues
April 13th 2009 23:37
I like architects. I like wacky, you see, and architects provide some of the best wackiness around.
Take this latest example, from Klagenfurt in Austria. The house used to be pretty much what you would expect in a quiet street in an idyllic Austrian town. The architect owner, Peter Kasching, chose to change all that with a truckload of blue paint.
He painted all the inside blue too. He even painted the pot plants blue.
Kasching said he wanted to see the psychological effects of living surrounded by just one colour. He claims that the human has a different perception if natural contrasts are missing.
The neighbours say they want their pretty street back.
“It looks ridiculous and out of place and all the visitors it attracts are a real nuisance," said Heidi Manning. "You can’t park any more and there is no privacy. This used to be a quiet neighbourhood,” she seethed.
Kasching said, “It really does have an amazing impact on the senses to have everything in one colour. It changes the whole 3-D impact of a room. I know there are critics but there are also a lot of people who are very interested in my project."
He can only be referring to other architects.
thesun.co.uk, austrianews.co.uk; image: EuroPics/CEN
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