Boarding Palace / Haus Cumberland, 2025
The reflector in the oval room of the former stairwell of the Boarding Palace, now Haus Cumberland, neutralizes the difficult neoclassical character of the room by exaggerating it: Like a folding screen, it conceals the fake fireplace, while as an angled mirror it draws the light from the only window, whose division and proportions it quotes/mirrors, into the center of the room.
The table in the oval room of the former stairwell of the Boarding Palace, now Haus Cumberland, neutralizes the difficult neoclassical character of the room by elevating it: it is the only piece of furniture in the room that is true to scale and cannot be moved, making it an integral part of the architecture and a central location for various forms of gathering, framed by the oval of columns, whose shape thus takes on meaning.
Reflektor und Tisch im ovalen Raum des ehemaligen Treppenhauses des Boarding Palace, heute Haus Cumberland neutralisieren den schwierigen neoklassizistischen Charakter des Raumes durch Überhöhung.
Der Reflektor verdeckt wie ein Wandschirm den unechten Kamin, als Winkelspiegel holt er das Licht des einzigen Fensters, dessen Teilung und Proportion durch ihn zitiert/gespiegelt wird, in das Zentrum des Raumes. Der Tisch ist das einzige, maßstäblich skalierte und nicht verrückbare Möbelstück im Raum, somit der Architektur zugehöriger und zentraler Ort für unterschiedliche Formen des Zusammenkommens, eingerahmt durch das Säulenoval, dessen Form so einen Sinn erhält.
Reflector and table in the oval room of the former stairwell of the Boarding Palace, now Haus Cumberland, neutralize the difficult neoclassical character of the room by exaggerating it.
The reflector conceals the fake fireplace like a wall screen, while as an angled mirror it draws the light from the only window, whose division and proportions it references/ mirrors (sic!), into the center of the room. The table is the only piece of furniture that is true to scale and cannot be moved, making it a central location for various forms of gathering that is integral to the architecture, framed by the oval of columns, whose shape thus takes on meaning.
Reflector and table in the oval room of the former stairwell of the Boarding Palace, now Haus Cumberland, neutralize the difficult neoclassical character of the room through elevation.
