This big pink building has an unusual name. Welcome to the Green Citadel.
这栋粉红色大楼有一个不寻常的名字。 欢迎来到绿色城堡。
Located in the central German City of Magdeburg is an unusually bright complex of 55 residential apartments, shops, cafes, a hotel, and a preschool.
异常鲜艳的绿色城堡坐落在德国中部城市马格德堡,这里一共有55套公寓,商店、咖啡馆、酒店、幼儿园也是一应俱全。
The Green Citadel took two years to complete and was one of the first prefabricated slab buildings constructed in Germany.
绿色城堡耗时两年才完工,也是德国第一批采用预制板的建筑之一。
The bright pink contrasts with the roof, which during the warmer seasons is an entirely green garden.
到温暖的季节,屋顶就会变成一座碧绿的花园,和明亮的粉墙相映成趣。
No two pillars or doors are the same within the complex. Each is uniquely shaped or mosaicked.
公寓内的梁柱和房门都也各有不同。个个都有着独特的造型或装饰。
Created by the late Austrian architect, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, it was his last work before he passed.
建筑出自奥地利已故建筑师Friedensreich Hundertwasser之手,这也是他生前完成的最后一件作品。
In his own words, he describes the place as an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."
用他自己的话说,这里是“设计充满理性的茫茫屋海里一片人文和自然的绿洲”。