One of the single greatest advantages of computer-aided design in the world of architecture is being able to imagine the unimaginable. With a single click, entirely new landscapes can be created, and innovative designs that were previously considered impossible can be rendered and formulated. The scope for imagination and conceptualization in architecture is endless and constantly evolving, so it’s always exciting when something new and unique comes along that showcases that incredible depth and breadth that computer imaging can add to it. Such is the case with a theoretical new project by the avant-garde Austrian studio Morphtopia, which reimagines the facade of an iconic building in Vienna by Otto Wagner, a renowned 19th and 20th-century Austrian architect and urban planner.
The project, entitled “LWZ 38,” sees Morphtopia taking a typical five-story building that exemplifies the Viennese model of ?Jugendstilarchitektur,” a particular type of art nouveau architecture associated with the city, and transforming it into a disjointed and fragmented fluid form that deconstructs the traditional conception of a facade. The studio has taken its cues for the overhaul of the front of the building from its internal ornamentation, something characteristic of the architecture from the this period and of Otto Wagner in particular. The use of gold, mirrors, and glass marks a departure for the Morphtopia team, who has extrapolated these elements to create a ?tatt...