Private House

Built 2005

Location Thurgau, Switzerland

Architect Peter Wigglesworth

The private house, in the last hundred years, has been understood as the pinncale of architectural endeavour. Architects no longer built cathedrals and alterantive large projects had the feel of civil engineering. Recently, this idea has changed and architects compete for ersatz cathedrals in the form of museums, stadiums, stations and bridges. But if the private house was the pinnacle of archtiectural reasoning it was also the architects play thing, an apprenctice piece to slave over and abuse. Now its days are numbered. In our towns and cities the private house is becomeing conspicuous by its absence. 

Desk

Material. Birch plywood 

Size. 1800x900x750mmH

Design. Peter Wigglesworth 1985/1992

I have made, mostly in the sense of designing, furniture since I was 15 years old. Many important design issues, including the possibility to design, have been determined by how we move. Sitting is linked to thinking and thinking to questions and answers about ourselves and our enviroment. However my experiences of sitting are not necessarily linked to chairs.

L1/Inox

Ceiling lamp fitting

B15d 230V 205W max. clear halogen

Size. H. 145xø100mm

Material. Machine-turned stainless steel brushed finished

Design. Peter Wigglesworth 80/08

At the time this lamp-fitting was designed the majority of households were lit with puddles of light. A floor lamp here and table lamp there, a wall lamp and a ceiling cluster. This was the era of the 60 watt incandenscent lamp with living rooms a collection of small lamp lit tableaux. Whilst lighting technologies have changed. the approach has not and in some cases it seems that the purpose of a light fitting has been to illuminate its own mass. The criterium of Inox was to light the architectural space.

Armchair/Sofa series FB

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Sizes. Various

Materials. Various

Design. Peter Wigglesworth 2000

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Series of armchairs and sofas

Coloured spaces

Size 12x4x3mH

Work Date 1995

Project models 1998

Peter Wigglesworth

A series of drawings for art works operating at an architectural scale. Not art scaled up to the size of architecture as is most public art. The clues for the art are taken from standard architectural devices, walls, floor and ceiling, windows and doors. These provide surfaces, light and space. Most art is defined by the architecture it is housed in. It is approached via staircases and corridors where it is filtered into various rooms on one floor or another. Here the art is approached directly and is present in its surroundings from outside and within.

Coloured spaces

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Size 12x4x3mH

Work Date 1995

Project models 1998

Peter Wigglesworth

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A series of drawings for art works operating at an architectural scale. Not art scaled up to the size of architecture as is most public art. The clues for the art are taken from standard architectural devices", walls, floor and ceiling, windows and doors. These provide surfaces, light and space. Most art is defined by the architecture it is housed in. It is approached via staircases and corridors where it is filtered into various rooms on one floor or another. Here the art is approached directly and is present in its surroundings from outside and within.