荷兰新建筑之光 | 室内外镜像空间

©Peter TijhuisPlace: Rotterdam, the NetherlandsClient: Het Nieuwe Instituut RotterdamArchitect: Brinkman en Van der Vlugt (1933)Scope of work: Temporary installation in the House Sonneveld museumDate: February - September 2015The Sonneveld House is a villa built in 1933 and designed by Brinkman & Van der Vlugt, one of the leading architecture firms of ’het Nieuwe Bouwen’ , the modern movement in the Netherlands. The architecture is defined by the use of new materials such as concrete, steel and glass in order to create functional and hygienic spaces, full of air and light.The furnished family house of the Sonnevelds became a protected monument, opening its doors to the public in 2011. Its garden is still authentic and the house is filled with the original tubular metal furniture and lamps by Gispen, colour schemes by Bart van der Lek and thick curtains come from Metz&Co. Together with the art works, carpets, objects, flower- and nick-nack arrangements, one has the impression of a family still living there - as is custom in house museums globally.Inside Outside was invited by Guus Beumer of Het Nieuwe Instituut, to create the second temporary intervention for the house (after Richard Hutton in 2014).The simple gesture of placing mirroring plates, wall-to-wall on all floor surfaces (including balconies and outdoor terraces but excluding the children’s bedrooms) has a considerable impact on the experience of the architecture, extrapolating Het Nieuwe Bouwen’s motto ’light, air and space’ , while also exposing the hidden qualities and surfaces of the house itself. By omitting the gauzy curtains that normally cover all windows, daylight enters un-filtered and the visitor’s view in and outward is un-obstructed.As mirrored floors flow from one space to the next like water, boundaries disappear. As rooms, objects and visitors are viewed bottom-up and inside-out and daylight hits back onto each surface in every direction, beginnings and endings merge and all seems to weightlessly float.(With hidden security systems clearly visible under each furniture piece, however, viewers are soon back on their feet!)In the garden meanwhile, rounded mirrors circle two groups of trees. Like small reflective ponds, they echo the sky and light up the trees that grow from them. At second glance however, both seem to be pulled into the water surface, and pushed down into the earth’s wide-open crust.Team Inside Outside: Petra Blaisse, Laura van Santen and Rabia ZuberiExecution: Xylos Meubelmakers/Herman Pols; with Inka Thoen©Johannes Schwartz©Peter Tijhuis©Johannes Schwartz©Peter Tijhuis©Peter Tijhuis