patricia urquiola displayed her visions of the ideal house

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ideal house cologne 2005

by patricia urquiola

‘an ideal does not exist in reality. it only exists in
our imagination’, says patricia urquiola.
‘as soon as it becomes reality, immediately a new
ideal is created.’ correspondingly, she understands
the design of her house as not-ideal and simply
wishes to create an ephemeral ‘ideal moment’.

in simple terms: everyone who enters the house
will perceive different elements as ideal and
allow himself to be inspired by them.
the basic principle is the open design of living room,
bedroom or dining room which the observer can
fill out according to his own wishes

the creative leitmotiv : the house becomes a ‘housse’,
which is the french word for a (furniture) cover.
a scaffolding envelops a house, the way an
overcoat envelops its wearer. the house is ‘clothed’
by an artistically deformed industrial scaffolding,
similar to that on a building site. this, in its turn, is
sheathed in a textile skin made of macro macramé or
similar knotted fabrics. cut-outs at the bottom end
form the entrance. the inner workings are characterized
by the hanging elements.
seating elements, the bed, articles for everyday use,
accessories: everything appears - fixed on cables -
to be floating in space.
on cable lines every imaginable object
- or even the people themselves -
can be moved from one level to another.

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