Class of 2013

First, I would like to thank my friend Lucia Stacey, who first introduced me to Hundertwasser and his work. When she woke me up at the crack of dawn on that cold October morning in Vienna, I would never have guessed that I was about to discover the topic that would consume a full year of my concentration. Yet, as we strolled down Kegelgasse and began to see a colorful, irregular array of buildings that looked as if they had sprung off of the pages of a Dr. Seuss story, the quirkiness of Hundertwasserdörf immediately sparked my attention and I had to know more about its creator. Without Lucia’s superior knowledge of the culture that the city of Vienna had to offer and her determination not to forgo any opportunities during our short stay in the city, this thesis would not have been possible. I am extremely grateful to Professor Grimmer-Solem, who agreed to take me on as an advisee in the second semester of my thesis. Throughout the first semester, I struggled to find someone who was able to give my guidance on my rather obscure topic. However, upon Professor Grimmer-Solem’s return from sabbatical, immediately stepped up to the task of reorienting my initially misguided thesis and