I Flew Niki. By Embraer.
“Fly Niki, fly Niki!” were my old man’s words every time I talked about my trip to Spain. As a Formula 1 and airplanes enthusiastic, the Idea of flying in Nikki Lauda’s air company is, for him, the ultimate experience on up in the air excitement! And… Guess what: The first time I flew Niki was also my first time riding an airplane made in Brazil (Butterflies in my stomach)! Vienna - 12 Jul 2011 - 10h29 - This Niki took... Read More
Spittelauer Lände 10
The 2004′s Pritzker Architecture Prize award winner Zaha Hadid and her team are responsible for this sharp edged structure that interacts with Otto Wagner‘s protected arched viaduct. Mainly, the buildings were projected to host social housing, though studios and offices are mixed in. It took around 11 years for the whole thing to be accomplished (from 1994 to 2005). You can see some project’s details here. Zaha was born in Baghdad... Read More
Price Pizza Salami
Who produces It? Where does it come from? The € 0.75 Salami Pizza has no brand and a lot of stile! The box’s back is just like its cover, well… Then there is no back at all! At Penny Markt’s stands It is called “Price Pizza”, but a Google search is useless in this case. Later research pointed that they come from somewhere in the Wiener Neudorf and are produced specially for Penny Markt. They have also a Margarita... Read More
three shots from the Danube tower
The Domenig Haus
We were shopping at Favoritenstrasse when this unusual construction hit me in the face, at number 118. “It is a bit scary”, Martina said to me, as if she was avoiding to look too much. I agree. “And do you like it?”, she asks me. Well… I don’t know, but it is for sure something extraordinary! The building known today as Domenig-Haus, hosted in the past a branch of the Zentralsparkasse Bank and was built between... Read More
The Morning Line – Vienna
Riding the Straßenbahn on my way to the Belvedere Museum I got pretty curious about a huge fractal structure I saw standing at Schwarzenbergplatz. On the way back I felt like having a closer look on what would be the Viennese edition of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary’s (T-B A21) “The Morning Line“. Described as a A sonic pavilion by Matthew Ritchie with Aranda\Lasch and Arup AGU, this collaborative work between artists, architects,... Read More
What thrilled me at the Leopold Museum
The Leopold Museum is located in Vienna, Austria, at MuseumsQuartier. This place is new, it was established in 2001 on the basis of the former private art collection of Rudolph and Elisabeth Leopold. It houses the world’s largest Schiele collection and many works from Gustav Klimt. The museum’s marketing material has such a modern appeal and Schiele’s self portraits on it’s folder, in it’s facade and on it’s ticket... Read More
Safe European Home
Roma, Romani, Gypsies. 10 to 12 million living in Europe, but still, Europe’s largest minority’s Integration is a challenging task. It was a sunny day and the exhibition “Safe European Home?”, by Delaine Le Bas, was standing right by Vienna’s Parliament house. I didn’t go through the whole thing, I was in a hurry, but there are some photographs of interesting environments of the installation, as it follows. . . For more information,... Read More
#SPANISHREVOLUTION
The spirit of Democracia Real Ya took control of young Spanish people, also living in Vienna, that demonstrated their indignation towards the actual political scenery with a flash mob and this demonstration, registered on May, 29th. Man observes Spanish demonstration for real democracy at Stephansplatz, Vienna Passersby also felt like supporting the cause and joined the demonstration One face one voice of the Spanishrevolution Read More
Enrico Corniani
I got to know Enrico during the German Classes at DeutschAkademie. Nuclear Physicist, he have just gotten his phd in Vienna. Sometimes this crazy Italian arrived with a little scooter in the classroom, but who would imagine that he would take the “over two wheels” business seriously enough to ride a KTM 990 Adventure from Vienna to Japan? Stereograph of Enrico some minutes before departure * Enrico’s updated location is here, and... Read More
