Son, daughter and I went to the "Hundertwasser" House and Tower in Plochingen, Germany.
Daughter is learning about the Austrian artist in art class and I figured she would understand his art best if she actually saw it.
Hundertwasser was an architect, artist, traveller and inventor of words. He believed that God doesn't like straight lines, otherwise you would find them in nature. But God clearly loves colors and thus, Hundertwasser built houses without straight walls (where possible) and had them painted in many, many colors.
In Plochingen even steps to the buildings aren't perfectly straight.
As we were walking around, the kids and I were wondering if the people living here are happier than people living in your average, grey building.
A word Hundertwasser came up with is "dunkelbunt", which means a mix of deep, dark colors. Sad colors like you can see on a rainy day.
I think we understood what he meant as it was raining cats and dogs during our excursion.
Pictures taken by son and daughter.
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