Der Garten als Raum

Atelierhaus Roland Rainer, St.Margarethen, Österreich, 2002, Foto: Margherita Spiluttini

Empfangssaal eines alten Hauses in Kairo im 19. Jhdt. Vorne und hinten die leicht erhöhten Sitz-Îwâne, in der Mitte der höhere Zentralraum mit Springbrunnen und Lichtkuppel, von wo aus die Îwâne betreten werden

Kumagai House Hiroshi Kuno + Associates, Sapporo City, Japan, 2009

Wolseong-Dong, Gyeong Ju, 2007, Foto: Thomas Struth

A view towards the Hudson New York, 2000, Foto: Joel Sternfeld

Ebelin Bucherius House Richard Neutra, Tessin, Schweiz, 1966, Foto: Martin Hesse

Visitas to the statue of Cain and Able, the Bagnio and the Domed Building Peter Andreas Rysbrack, Chiswick, 1728-32

Haus Cristo Louis Barragán, Guadalajara, 1929, Foto: Ignazio Gomez Galado

Penguin Pool, the London Zoo Berthold Lubetkin, London, England, 1934

The Garden of Count Johann of Nassau-Idstein, 1650-70 Johann Walter, 1653-61

Gardens in the area of Moorgate and Bishopsgate, a section of the so-called Copper-plate map of London 1553-59

Grape Hyacinth New York, 2000, Foto: Joel Sternfeld

"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.

Teshima Art Museum Ryue Nishizawa & and Rei Naito, Teshima Island, 2010

Teshima Art Museum Ryue Nishizawa & and Rei Naito, Teshima Island, 2010, Foto: Noboru Morikawa

San Cristóbal Stables Luis Barragán, Los Clubes, Mexiko City, 1968

Schnittblumengarten des Sakristans in der Abbaye de Notre-Dame Le Bec Hellouin, Frankreich

Denn es ist die Beweglichkeit und Unberechenbarkeit jener winziger Wirklichkeiten, die dem Menschen Freiheit verschafft und die das Neue zumindest potentiell ermöglicht.

Olafur Eliasson