Within the Bridge Room, the removal of layers of floor and ceiling exposes the house’s heavy joists and planks and creates a narrow walkway from the Library Globe Room to a windowed view of the street. New perspectives span vertically, between first floor and second floor, and horizontally, through segments of covered and uncovered walls.
Within the City Wall Room, found dollhouses and other collected miniatures are assembled into an ever-changing city wallscape. A table at the room’s center is set with objects ready to furnish the interior.
In the Wardrobe Room, getting dressed and undressed is a performance of covered and revealed parts. The room is assembled from salvaged wardrobes, screens, chests of drawers, racks and other pieces of former closets. Bodies find respite within the layers.
The Library Globe Room is imprinted by spherical forms and their traces. Curving cuts in the floor and ceiling are echoed by the rooms many globes and by other circulating textures. Miniature worlds grow in the crevices of decorative objects, and among the shelves and books.
The Gallery Room has presented exhibitions by invited artists, designers and other creative practitioners. The adjustable, cabinet-like walls of the space, formerly a kitchen and bedroom, enable a variety of display possibilities and allow for exhibition contents to be enhanced by the house’s layers.
The Living Core is the dynamic center of the house. Its function has shifted from sitting room, to office-study, to drawing workshop, with other roles in-between. The removal of the second floor within this double-high space increases the natural light provided by south-facing windows and exposes the strata of a house stripped bare of its woodwork.
The armature of the Kitchen Dinner Table Room is a specially crafted table that folds like an accordion from the wall and winds through the space. It is assembled from the parts of five salvaged tables. On the floor, years of layered vinyl tile, plywood, dust and grime are preserved as map-like traces of ordinary surfaces.
The Collector’s Book Room houses one-of-a-kind books that have been found at estate sales, flea markets, antique stores and other second-hand sites. Each book contains a collection that is a testament to its maker’s obsessions. The books include photo albums, journals, scrap books, sketchbooks, class notebooks, hobbyest notes, and other personal records.
