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Cut
is a convertible holiday house. This project has been carried out in collaboration
with Maro Riga. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2005. An exploration of cutting started with the desire to see the inside of closed objects. Especially interesting were objects with evolving sections, so cutting became slicing, and it revealed the continuous development of the progressing sections in each parallel cut. |
Expected to be boring was the slicing of a pencil, as the section is the same with every cut. But when photographing the pieces, suddenly a great variety of different arrangements became possible, and the pencil could be rearranged in new and unexpected ways. A ‘boring’ object, combined with the repetitive procedure of the slicing, resulted in a much more complex set of possibilities. |
cut objects: car radio, pepper, pencil |
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The findings were applied in the design of a holiday house. The simple shape consists of two intersecting boxes, forming a single space inside. The house, including the furniture, then got sliced parallel to the coast, and the segments were placed on rails, movable along the cut lines. When slided open the inside of the house becomes visible, as much as the outside becomes visible for the occupants. |
The slices can be arranged in numerous ways, and the programs within the house can be mixed. Formal and programmatic boundaries merge. The sofa can be moved next to the fridge, a bath can be taken outside while watching the sunset, and the fireplace can become a barbecue. |
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Cut convertible holiday house |
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