LIVING IN A PIECE OF FURNITURE

The first house architect Gerrit Rietveld designed in 1924, together with and for his partner Truus, was a bold experiment – one in which Truus would live for sixty years, despite the fact that this remarkable home was not necessarily a comfortable one. Although Rietveld believed that a house should not last more than fifty years, the building was meticulously restored after Truus’s death and has now reached its centenary.

Drawing on an audio interview with Truus recorded in 1982, the film explores Rietveld’s work and traces how the ideas developed in this first project influenced the houses he designed later in his career.

The film is screened alongside Oslavia.