This architect's final project is an Oasis for All Mankind

This architect's final project is an Oasis for All Mankind

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Architecture, Arts

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

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The Green Citadel in Magdeburg is a vibrant pink complex featuring 55 apartments, shops, cafes, a hotel, and a preschool. It was one of Germany's first prefabricated slab buildings, completed in two years. The building's unique design includes a green roof garden and distinct pillars and doors. Created by Austrian architect Friedenreich Hunderwasser, it was his last project, envisioned as an oasis for humanity and nature amidst conventional structures.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary color of the Green Citadel?

Yellow

Pink

Green

Blue

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is unique about the roof of the Green Citadel during warmer seasons?

It is covered in solar panels.

It becomes a green garden.

It changes color.

It is made of glass.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How are the pillars and doors within the Green Citadel described?

Painted in different colors

Made of glass

Uniquely shaped or mosaicked

Identical and uniform

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the architect behind the Green Citadel?

Le Corbusier

Friedenreich Hunderwasser

Walter Gropius

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the architect describe the Green Citadel?

A futuristic design

A traditional structure

An oasis for humanity and nature

A modern marvel