T-House, Wilton, New York (Scale model)
Simon Ungers
German, 1957–2006
1988–1995
A scale model in steel and plywood proposing a T-shaped, cantilevered house that reduces a dwelling to a hovering block and a tapered support to test structure and siting.
What first strikes you is the dark rectangular ‘head’ with evenly spaced vertical slots appearing to float above a sloping, wedge-like base, all set on a smooth, warm plywood plinth.
Part of a late-20th-century architectural practice that treats models as sculptural ideas, it explores minimal geometry, cantilever and enclosure versus view, and points toward site-specific, prefabricated approaches to domestic design.
Medium
Steel and plywood
Dimensions
16 15/16 x 32 5/8 x 44 1/8" (43 x 82.9 x 112 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Agnes Gund Purchase Fund and David Childs Purchase Fund
Accession
193.1998
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