Barbara Holub and Paul Rajakovics have designed a site-specific seating sculpture for the Otto Wagner Areal that explores the limits of new material technology.

The ensemble of objects titled “Paviliola” quotes a historic garden pavilion from the Otto-Wagner-Areal, which was built in the early twentieth century. transparadiso deconstructed the original pavilion and reassembled the elements on altered scales. With individual arches, a platform suitable for diverse uses, and seat shells arranged like petals, they explore the idea of care as a common good accessible to everyone and create a place that invites people to linger. The seat shells were 3D-printed using a biodegradable PLA synthetic. The shape and dimensions of the individual petals make full use of what is technically possible in terms of production.

transparadiso’s work on the grounds of the former psychiatric hospital reminds visitors of the vital role that social interaction and inclusion in the community play for patients’ recovery. At the time of its construction, the clinic was one of the most modern in Europe. During National Socialism, cruel euthanasia crimes took place there. Today, the area is undergoing a transformation process: After private residential construction plans were averted, a number of the pavilions are being used temporarily or for the longer term by cultural institutions. For transparadiso, it is also a return to a site that they already discovered in 2023 during their city explorations in the Penzi district.