Schindler's Paradox Box

Overhead view.

Project Details

• Project Name: Schindler's Paradox Box
• Client: MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art
• Project Type: Competition / Research Entry
• Principal Designer/s: Margaret Griffin & John Enright
• Project Team: Kyle Miller, Eileen Dikdan, Charles Reeves, Greg Van Grunsven, Taka Mieno, Joe Tarr, Ray Shapiro
• Date of commencement of project: July 2006
• Location of site: West Hollywood, CA, USA

Interior view.

par•a•dox
noun
…2 a: a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true…

box
transitive verb
…2: to hem in (as an opponent) -- usually used with in, out, or up…

Words from the architect

In our research, we propose using the Schindler House in West Hollywood as a prototype for many other historically valuable projects that are at risk of deterioration and elimination due to lack of funding or support. The house no longer functions as it was originally intended, rather as a minor exhibition space/museum. Our investigation focused on finding an innovative solution that would allow the house to be kept - in tact - as an artifact, while simultaneously preserving the surrounding space as a public environment.

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