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The Hundertwasser toiletThe Hundertwasser toiletKawakawa, New ZealandKawakawa, New Zealand
The Hundertwasser toilet with grass roofThe Hundertwasser toilet with grass roof
I am not in the habit of taking a camera into public toilets, but you can I am not in the habit of taking a camera into public toilets, but you can
be forgiven in Kawakawabe forgiven in Kawakawa..
Frederick Hundertwasser's toilet was opened in a dawn ceremonyFrederick Hundertwasser's toilet was opened in a dawn ceremony..
To Hundertwasser, a toilet is very special because you meditate in a To Hundertwasser, a toilet is very special because you meditate in a
toilettoilet. . Like a churchLike a church. ". "The similarity is not so far fetchedThe similarity is not so far fetched" - " - he sayshe says..
Kawakawa was Hundertwasser's home for 25 yearsKawakawa was Hundertwasser's home for 25 years..
Hundertwasser says straight lines are evilHundertwasser says straight lines are evil . .
There are no straight lines in the toiletThere are no straight lines in the toilet. . Only crooked beautyOnly crooked beauty..
The toilets of KawakawaThe toilets of Kawakawaby Thomas Marescaby Thomas Maresca
Thousands of visitors a year are stopping in the small Northland Thousands of visitors a year are stopping in the small Northland
town of Kawakawa to go the toilettown of Kawakawa to go the toilet..
These are no ordinary toilets, you seeThese are no ordinary toilets, you see. . They are artThey are art--toilets,toilets,
a colorful pastiche of mosaic tiles, ceramic columns, and colored a colorful pastiche of mosaic tiles, ceramic columns, and colored
glass bottles, with aglass bottles, with a living treeliving tree growing on the structure’s roofgrowing on the structure’s roof..
The project was designed by renowned and controversial Austrian The project was designed by renowned and controversial Austrian
artistartist Friedensreich HundertwasserFriedensreich Hundertwasser, , and it’s turned Kawakawa from and it’s turned Kawakawa from
a drivea drive--by on the way to the Bay of Islands to a stopping point for by on the way to the Bay of Islands to a stopping point for
the curious and the art aficionado alike; when I dropped in, I met an the curious and the art aficionado alike; when I dropped in, I met an
Austrian couple who had made the restroom a major reason for Austrian couple who had made the restroom a major reason for
their visit to New Zealandtheir visit to New Zealand. (. (Of course, the toilets also very capably Of course, the toilets also very capably
serve a more prosaic purposeserve a more prosaic purpose((
Grass growing on top of Hundertwasser ToiletGrass growing on top of Hundertwasser Toilet
Hundertwasser adopted Kawakawa as his home in the 70s Hundertwasser adopted Kawakawa as his home in the 70s
and for years offered to design buildings, postage stamps, and for years offered to design buildings, postage stamps,
and flags for New Zealand, but the toilets are the only project and flags for New Zealand, but the toilets are the only project
that he was ever able to complete herethat he was ever able to complete here. . They opened in 1999, They opened in 1999,
a year before his deatha year before his death..
The toilets may not be alone for much longer, howeverThe toilets may not be alone for much longer, however. .
Whangarei, another Northland town that has traditionally Whangarei, another Northland town that has traditionally
been bypassed by tourists, has just announced plans to been bypassed by tourists, has just announced plans to
open a $9.5 million Hundertwasser art centre, based on the open a $9.5 million Hundertwasser art centre, based on the
late artist’s designslate artist’s designs..
the nice gate to the females toiletthe nice gate to the females toilet
Donations next to the lady's looDonations next to the lady's loo
Women's toilet and Nappy changing tableWomen's toilet and Nappy changing table
inside the Women's toiletinside the Women's toilet
Possibly the most interesting baby changing table in the worldPossibly the most interesting baby changing table in the world..
Wine Bottle Window, Hundertwasser ToiletWine Bottle Window, Hundertwasser Toilet
The male toiletThe male toilet
Hundertwasser's staircase Hundertwasser's staircase leading down to the leading down to the
Hundertwasser toilet in the Hundertwasser toilet in the Hundertwasser basement of Hundertwasser basement of
Hundertwasser VillageHundertwasser Village..
Toilet of Modern Art built in Hundertwasser style, Vienna, Austria
Mirror in the toiletMirror in the toilet
מקורות:
http://bored-bored.com/amazing/hundertwasser-toilet-probably-the-most-photographed-toilet-in-the-world/
http://www.fndc.govt.nz/services/community-facilities/toilets/hundertwasser-toilets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPiJRECHQgMhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ellipse/4648533/
http://www.phototravels.net/
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