Viktor Hufnagl (1922–2007) was a pioneer of contemporary school design and an innovator of housing types who viewed his profession as a socio-political enterprise. Demonstrating a clear disposition toward geometric ordering systems, he produced robust buildings and habitats. His school designs, which were organized around large multi-functional atria, changed the course of subsequent planning. The Gerasdorfer Straße housing estate in Vienna embodies his interpretation of a garden city settlement. Hufnagl also devised a comprehensive project for the Danube Canal which aimed to forge a tree-shaded connection between two existing wooded terrains: the Vienna Woods to the west and the Prater to the east.
The book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Viktor Hunagl – Geometric Theoremsand gathers previously unpublished materials from the estate of Viktor Hufnagl. They are supplemented by photographs by Werner Feiersinger, which were also on view in the exhibition.
With contributions by Elise Feiersinger, Gabriele Kaiser, Otto Kapfinger, Michael Klein, Emine Kocaman, Maja Lorbek, Monika Platzer, Brigitte Redl-Manhartsberger, Gabriele Ruff, Felix Siegrist and Emanuel Spurny.
Geometrien des Lebens Materialien zu Viktor Hufnagl 1922–2007 Ed. by ÖGFA–Elise Feiersinger, Gabriele Kaiser, Gabriele Ruff 160 pages, numerous illustrations Park Books, Zurich ISBN: 978-3-03860-302-3
