An Undeniable Weight

This temporary installation occupies the principal reception room of Villa Liegnitz with a large brick structure that temporarily blocks access to the space. Constructed from recycled bricks salvaged from demolished buildings, the intervention draws on the volumetry of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's destroyed Monument to Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht without attempting to reconstruct it.

Suspended between construction and ruin, the structure appears as an unfinished architectural fragment. The reused bricks carry traces of previous buildings, introducing another layer of material memory into a monument that no longer exists. Narrow openings frame partial views of the villa's ornate ceiling, revealing parts of the historic interior while concealing the room itself.

By interrupting the building's ceremonial sequence, the installation recalls the destruction of Mies van der Rohe's monument by the National Socialist regime in 1935 and reactivates the complex relationship between Villa Liegnitz and that period of German history. Rather than reconstructing the monument, the project makes its absence physically tangible.