The Keret House – the World’s Skinniest House | Jakub Szczesny
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The Keret House – the World’s Skinniest House | Jakub Szczesny
The Keret House was first conceived as a seemingly impossible vision of the Polish architect Jakub Szczesny of Centrala, who first presented the idea as an artistic concept during the WolaArt festival in 2009. Now, three years later, the vision has become a reality and is drawing a significant amount of international attention to the city of Warsaw. Built between two existing structures from two historical epochs, the narrow infill is more of an art installation that reacts to the past and present of Warsaw.
Although the semi-transparent, windowless structure’s widest point measures only 122 centimeters, it’s naturally lit interior doesn’t seem nearly as claustrophobic as one would think. The Keret House will serve indefinitely as a temporary home for traveling writers, starting with Israeli writer Etgar Keret. Keret House is the installation art in the form of an insert in between two existing buildings. The project was launched on Saturday 20th of October in Warsaw. It is led by the Israeli writer Etgar Keret.
Keret House is fully functional space in which one can live as well as create. It is located between buildings at Chlodna 22 Street and Zelazna 74 Street. “We deeply believe it will become a symbol of modern Warsaw ingrained in its complicated history. The House attracts attention of media from entire world. He hopes it will show the most fascinating side of Warsaw”, said project curators Sarmen Beglarian and Sylwia Szymaniak form Polish Modern Art Foundation. Continue here
Photos: © Polish Modern Art Foundation / Bartek Warzecha
Construction photos – 3D renderings – drawings: Courtesy of Centrala
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