During London’s Clerkenwell Design Week, artist Alex Chinneck once again turned the ordinary into the extraordinary — as he so often does — with A Week at the Knees, a monumental installation that bends reality as if it were made of rubber. Located in Charterhouse Square, the piece appears to be a classic Georgian facade — but sitting down. The windows fold, the bricks curve, and everything floats somewhere between the absurd and the possible.
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Alex Chinneck and his Project
Standing 5.5 meters tall and stretching over 13 meters in length, the sculpture looks like a house that has decided to take a break, bending its “knees” and sitting on the ground. The work was built using 320 meters of steel and a remarkable 7,000 decorative bricks, all mounted on a self-supporting structure. It’s a perfect illusion: what seems to be a deformed historic building is, in fact, an intricately engineered artwork, complete with specially curved window frames and piping designed specifically for the project.
The final effect is surreal, playful, and deeply theatrical — classic Chinneck. A Week at the Knees is not just an urban sculpture, but an open invitation to marvel, to slow down, and to see cities with fresh eyes. For up to six weeks after the design week, this “seated house” will continue to surprise and delight passersby, breaking up the daily routine with a burst of out-of-scale creativity.
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