A house is a house, is a temple.
The Stonborough-Wittgenstein House has stood at Kundmanngasse 19 in Vienna’s 3rd district since 1928.
It was planned and designed by Ludwig Wittgenstein for his sister Margarete.
An unadorned colossus of modernism.
The longer and more intensely I engage with this building, the stronger the feeling becomes that Ludwig Wittgenstein designed a house for the sake of the house itself, and not as a dwelling for his sister or anyone else.
In her memoirs, Hermine Wittgenstein describes the building as a ‘dwelling of the gods’, and if it is not exactly that, then it is a temple dedicated to Apollo.
The only thing that disturbs it is man; the imperfect being.
Work details in order of illustration: Tempel (2024)
01, 170 x 135 cm, Pigment Print
03, 215 x 170 cm, Pigment Print
04, 170 x 135 cm, Pigment Print
05, 170 x 135 cm, Pigment Print
02, 170 x 135 cm, Pigment Print