Borrowing outlines and window shapes from buildings such as Karl-Marx-Hof, Mühlgrund, apartments on Anton-Schall-Gasse and apartments attached to the Helmut Zilk Park, these two sculptures are inspired by the rebuilding of Vienna after the Second World War and its continuous growth and programme of refurbishment.

The Vienna Housing Scheme boasts more than 100 years of successful history in social housing and these works pay homage to the inspired architects and government policy which ensures there is affordable, quality housing for all who require it. (These are issues which will become increasingly important across our world as we deal with changes in climate and population growth).

These sculptures also consider the idea of tactile memory of place and space. Dichroic and mirrored Perspex are used to explore this idea as their combined material qualities help suggest the ephemerality of urban shadows. As the viewer moves around the works they experience changing views as reflections and light interact to offer the possibility of new urban landscapes.

When designing these sculptures I asked myself questions inspired by the writings of the German philosopher Gernot Böhme: What can we achieve if we work together in a collaborative process to create positive, mood enhancing dwellings and communities of the future? How do we physically feel in the spaces we engage with and how can our experience and mood be affected positively.

As the viewer moves around these mini constructions, new spaces are created by changes in the colour of the iridescent plexiglass and the combined reflections. The aim was to affect mood, inspire joy and playfulness as well as a sense of wonder for what our future cityscapes might look like.