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Hundertwasser, A Place Where Color Helps Kids Get Well

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Igor Asselbergs

Igor Asselbergs started out as illustrator. He co-founded Tricolore, a color design consultancy in Amsterdam. Currently he is CEO of Colorjinn, a software company specialized in applications for color visualization. Igor is guest lecturer at a design college, a consultant for the paint industry, and has his own color blog, Livelygrey. http://livelygrey.com

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As if to stress his recusant character, the unruly Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser waited for seven years after his death to finish yet one more colorful building.

This is a hostel for kids who are seriously ill, but it looks like something from a fairy tale. I just love those colors and these shapes. This building is as organic and as far from geometry as it gets.

I would probably hate it if it were my office building, but as a hostel for kids it couldn’t have been better. The hostel is near a clinic in the south of Holland. The kids can stay there with their families during their treatment.

Hundertwasser was assisted by the German architect Heinz Springmann who, unlike the late artist, is alive and well. Kudos to McDonald’s inc. for making this possible through the Ronald McDonald charity.