Menschenrechtsbrunnen
Menschenrechtsbrunnen stands on Friedensplatz in Linz, Austria, beside the Barmherzige Brüder and Barmherzige Schwestern hospitals. Created in 1990, it takes the form of a walk-in structure resembling a small house. Two lattice walls frame a vertical water wall that cuts diagonally through the open space.
Peter Paszkiewicz, Günter Miklenic and Kurt Weckel designed the work as a public focus for human rights and peace. Seven Silomin aluminium panels present all thirty articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration was adopted by the United Nations on 10 December 1948, while computer lettering introduced an innovative process for the early 1990s. Paving, greenery and the underground car park’s skylights connect the installation with the surrounding pedestrian area.
At 2.8 metres high, the structure releases water through 462 drip nozzles into a basin below. The falling curtain begins along a horizontal diagonal line, turning a legal text into a visible, moving part of Linz’s public space.
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