Rem Koolhass took a 25 year break from building private homes. Follow along as he makes his return on a steep hill in Austria, with the successor to the famous House in Bordeaux.
An international tech entrepreneur purchases an impossibly narrow piece of steep mountain slope in Austria, where he grew up. The building site will only allow for a 4-meter-wide house. This challenge sparks the interest of famous architect and founding partner of OMA Rem Koolhaas. It will be the first private house Rem builds since his acclaimed House in Bordeaux over 20 years ago. The building process was captured by photographer and filmmaker Frans Parthesius, using primarily a simple static security camera. Slowly, the house reveals itself as the film reveals clues about Koolhaas's process and his relation to the client.
A film by Frans Parthesius
year: 2023, length: 46 min., English and German, subs: English.
Introduction in English by architecture historian Martin Søberg.