Der Garten als Raum

"He's gotten away from the soft pornography of the flower," said Charles Waldheim, the director of the landscape architecture program at the University of Toronto. "He's interested in the life cycle, how plant material ages over the course of the year," and how it relates to the plants around it. Like a good marriage, his compositions must work well together as its members age.

Royal Painting of Jodhpur

Frey House II Albert Frey, Palm Springs, Kalifornien, 1964, Foto: Julius Shulman

Verführung im Garten, aus Martinus Opifex, Tacuinum Sanitatis

The Climatron Buckminster Fuller, St. Louis, 1960

The Primitive Hut Marc-Antoine Laugier, 1755

Römische Bäder und Gärtnerhaus Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Potsdam, 1826

Sidney and Frances Brody pictured in their home with Matisse's La Gerbe A. Quincy Jones, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, 1966

Central Park Andrew Jackson Downing, New York City, 1873

Garden House Takeshi Hosaka Architects, Kanagawa, Japan, 2007

Fuji Kindergarden Tezuka Architects, Tachikawa, Tokio, 2007

A place of submission, of refuge, of sanctuary and of looking inwards for hidden treasures.

Jane Brown

Looking East on 30th Street on a Morning in May New York, 2000, Foto: Joel Sternfeld

Wir hätten gerne, dass Architektur den Menschen überlassen bleibt. In mir nagt der Zweifel: Bildet Architektur aus sich heraus einen totalitären Raum? Wenn man einen Raum entwirft, gestaltet man dann auch notwendigerweise das Verhalten der Menschen in diesem Raum? Ich hätte gerne, dass wir das Gegenteil tun.

Vito Acconci