House in Nidau
HOUSE IN NIDAU
Jan Kinsbergen
ARCHITECTS
Jan Kinsbergen
LEAD ARCHITECT
Jan Kinsbergen
STRUCTURE ENGINEERS
Dr. Joseph Schwartz, Dr. Neven Kostic
PHOTOGRAPHS
Georg Aerni
YEAR
2015
LOCATION
Switzerland
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
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.
