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100 HAUS SPITZ BY ERNST PLISCHKE Year 1937 Status Project Material Expanded Polystyrene Scale 1:50 Model maker Barbara Gruber The Haus Spitz was designed in 1937 by the architect Ernst Plischke for the Italian born psychoanalyst Dr. René Spitz at the lake Molveno in Italy. The project was never realised due to Dr. Spitz not receiving the permission to build. The building site was very close to the Italian border with a good view of the fortifications of the battlefront. At the time Dr. Spitz was suspected to be a spy for a foreign country.1 The kitchen and dining room were to be situated on the ground floor opening to a terrace facing the lake. A sheltered recess with a fireplace and without windows was located at a split level between the ground floor and the first floor. The music room on the first floor was connected to the dining room via a gallery. A two storey high glass wall opened to a view over the mountains and the lake. The house was accessed from the first floor since the building was located on a slope.2 The model is a three dimensional interpretation of a drawing by Ernst Plischke, showing a cross section through the dining room and the music room. 1 Plischke, Ernst (1989): Ernst A. Plischke: Ein Leben mit Architektur. Wien: Löcker Verlag. 202. 2 Plischke, Ernst Anton (1969): Vom Menschlichen im neuen Bauen. Wien, München: Verlag Kurt Wedl. 96.