“Dry garden & wet movables” focuses on some contradictions of urban living, exploring the evolving role of architecture in contemporary society. Every element of the installation reacts to its surrounding, urging visitors to engage. This interaction continually shapes the scenery of light blue paper confetti, wrapped around high rise aluminium towers like urban canyons. With reaction as a central element, the design emerges from purely aesthetic to performative, offering critical commentary on current social conditions. The aluminium towers are inhabited by plants which are sprouting from the different shaped windows. The juxtaposition of these norm-core plants, commonly found in everyday households, like different inhabitants, reveals a new vision, turning the mundane into something poetic.

All objects, up to the benches that extend in modular sequences, are originating from the same industrial semi-finished product – a 150 x 150 mm aluminium square tube. Small interventions elevate the objects to collectible quality: finishes like high polished, sand blasted, hand marked or covered with natural leather and high polished stainless steel additions. Specially manufactured red Lola lights and 400 kg of recycled paper confetti, kept in motion by large fans, are creating the sound- and landscape of the installation.

Realised:
April 2024

Address :
Marsèlleria, Via Paullo 12/A, 20135 Milan, Italy

Credits:
Photographs by Louis de Belle