THE STREET IS IN THE HOUSE
The Street Is in the House is an urban sculpture series that relocates emblematic elements of New York City’s street life into domestic and exhibitionary environments. Police barricades become table bases, taxi signs are transformed into lamps, newspaper dispensers become aquariums, and vending machines operate as reflexive sculptural objects.
Through these transformations, the series constructs contemporary dioramas that reflect on the cultural hybridity of metropolitan life. The work dismantles hierarchies between design, art, and infrastructure, employing a visual language grounded in hybridity, irony, and formal elegance. The project proposes the metropolis as both megacity and village, foregrounding how collective identity is shaped through everyday objects mediating between control, utility, and desire.
Police Barrier Table, 2004
From divisiveness to dinner
Glass tabletop combined with a wooden handmade New York City Police barricade
L 81” W 43“ H 39“
NYC “Paul Smith“ Police Barrier Table, 2011
Glass tabletop combined with a wooden
handmade New York City Police Barrier
L 81” W 43“ H 39“
Patent Pending
Cloche Chair II Edition, 2010
From construction to comfort
Street plastic barrel, vinyl cushion chair, with plug-in illuminated base
Diameter 23” H 44”
Patent
Space Cooler, 2011
The modern appliance as art…
Custom made ambient lamp and wine cooler
W 18” H 46” Depth 21“
Stores 12 bottles with digital temperature control
Patent Pending
The Garden of Heaven, 2010
An urban locavore concept
Custom-made ambient lamp and fully functional irrigation greenhouse
W 16” H 40” Depth 14”
Dishwasher, 2010
The modern appliance as art…
Fully functional dishwasher with integrated dish rack
L 22” W 20” H 51”
Beauty, 2009
A tribute to the ladies bathroom
W 16” H 48” Depth 18”
Especialito, 2009
An expression of Latino culture in New York City nightlife
W 19” H 41” Depth 17”
Sexy Sexy, 2009
An exploration of the contrast between the male and female sexual subcultures
W 17” H 45” Depth 15“
Acquarium, 2009
It can be lonely in the City…
Custom made aquarium tank that doubles as an ambient lamp
W 21” H 43” Depth 18”
Cloche Chair, 2009
From construction to comfort
Street plastic barrel, vinyl cushion chair with a plug-in illuminated base
Diameter 23” H 44”
Patent
Caution Table, 2009
Glass tabletop combined with a wooden handmade New York emergency work barrier
L 57” W 32“ H 28“
Especialito Disco Fever, 2009
An expression of Latino culture in NYC nightlife
W 16” H 48” Depth 18”
Mad Room, 2009
Moving to New York is a compromise…
An interpretation of Manhattan apartment living
W 18” H 43” Depth 16”
The Village Cooler, 2009
Custom-made ambient lamp and wine cooler
W 18” H 46” Depth 21“
Stores 12 bottles
Taxi Lamp clock 1970, 2009
Original NYC Taxi Sign from the 70’s turned into a flip clock alarm lamp
L 22” W 7” H 6”
Taxi Lamp 1960, 2009
Original NYC Taxi Sign from the 60’s turned into a lamp
L 22” W 7” H 6”
Taxi Lamp 1970, 2009
Original NYC Taxi Sign from the 70’s turned into a lamp
L 22” W 7” H 6”
Taxi Lamp 1980, 2009
Original NYC Taxi Sign from the 80’s turned into a lamp
L 22” W 7” H 6”
Taxi Lamp Radio 1970, 2009
A tribute to the old times when radios were used to call taxis
Complete “On Radio Call” taxi sign made into a lamp featuring a FM radio
L 22” W 7” H 9”
Globe TV, 2005
An eye in the sky…
Custom made television, bulb plexiglas suspended by metal piping
Diameter 20“