Now On View: Inversion House Duo’s Latest Work in Copper Foil and Doomed Sharpstown Bungalow

'Sharp' by Havel Ruck Projects, 6822 Rowan Ln., Sharpstown, Houston, 77074

'Sharp' by Havel Ruck Projects, 6822 Rowan Ln., Sharpstown, Houston, 77074

The now-glimmering interior of the former house at 6822 Rowan Ln. in Sharpstown is open to the public as of this weekend, and will be for the next 2 months — up until the scheduled demolition of the heavily fire-damaged 3-bedroom structure. Demolition artists Dan Havel and Dean Ruck (who these days sign their work as Havel Ruck Projects) recently converted the condemned building into another tunnel-through-the-living-room-style temporary art piece, though with much sharper lines than their previous Inversion House. Last Saturday’s opening reception for the new place (which is actually called Sharp) is part of the October-November-straddling Sculpture Month Houston campaign (which is setting up promotional events for other art installations around town through November 19, if you’re interested).

The pentagonal hole in the front of the structure matches the outline of the knocked-out front windows, as seen in these pre-conversion-but-post-fire listing photos of the demo-bound house:

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6822 Rowan Ln., Sharpstown, Houston, 77074

6822 Rowan Ln., Sharpstown, Houston, 77074

At the end of the tunnel (which is constructed from plywood covered in copper foil), the pentagonal opening is . . .  well, inverted:

'Sharp' by Havel Ruck Projects, 6822 Rowan Ln., Sharpstown, Houston, 77074

'Sharp' by Havel Ruck Projects, 6822 Rowan Ln., Sharpstown, Houston, 77074

Here’s a shot with a few variously-sized visitors for scale:

'Sharp' by Havel Ruck Projects, 6822 Rowan Ln., Sharpstown, Houston, 77074

'Sharp' by Havel Ruck Projects, 6822 Rowan Ln., Sharpstown, Houston, 77074

'Sharp' by Havel Ruck Projects, 6822 Rowan Ln., Sharpstown, Houston, 77074

Photos: Havel Ruck Projects (Sharp), HAR (original house)

Condemned Open House

2 Comment

  • A great and unusual use of space in a positive fashion! I’m very sorry for whoever used to live there and what happened ; hopefully everything turned out OK in that regard.

  • These guys are awesome. Very reminiscent of House of Leaves.