House in Nidau

A very small plot on flat terrain. The buildable area almost corresponds to a perfect square of 12.5m x 12.5m.

When I worked in New York, I used to visit the MoMA quite often. In the Mies van der Rohe exhibition, I discovered the model of the 50fty-50fty house: simple, clear, and very ambitious. Four columns, a plate, a free space.




Since the prototype never got built, the concept intrigued me even more. I took the four columns and stacked the 50fty-50fty house. The columns came in one piece to the site, the plates got attached. The entrance is not through the façade but from underneath. The model remains visible. I am interested in works, which, once completed, still contain the model space.

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