The House of the Inhabitant Who Refused to Participate by John Hejduk, from the Wall House to the Masque

Abstract

The article is a reflection on John Hejduk s project The House of the Inhabitant who Refused to Participate, focusing on the expression through drawing and sketching. In this project, the person inhabiting the house exposes their activities to the public space. The citizen of Venice confronts the dwelling from the public space in a project that serves as a preamble to the Masques, spanning from 1980 to 2000, and with a precedent in the Texas Houses, Diamond Houses, and Wall Houses. The events presented in the proposal introduce new expressions in architecture linked to other art-related forms of expression. The visibility of domestic activities happening within the house highlights architectural actions often overlooked due to the suggestion of revealing the hidden. Hence, the expression through sketches.