Garden Futures
Designing with Nature
Gardens reflect identities, dreams, and visions. Deeply rooted in their culture, they can unfold immense symbolic potential. The recent revival of horticulture has focused less on the garden as a romantic refuge than as a place where concepts of social justice, biodiversity, and sustainability can be tried and tested. Gardens have become places of the avantgarde. Designed by the Italian studio Formafantasma, the exhibition »Garden Futures« at the Vitra Design Museum is the first to explore the history and future of modern gardens. Where do today’s garden ideals come from? Will gardens help us achieve a liveable future for everyone?
The exhibition addresses these questions using a broad range of examples from design, everyday culture, and landscape architecture – from deckchairs to vertical urban farms, from contemporary community gardens to living buildings to gardens by designers and artists including Roberto Burle Marx, Mien Ruys, and Derek Jarman.
An exhibition by the Vitra Design Museum, the Wüstenrot Foundation, and the Nieuwe Instituut
An exhibition by the Vitra Design Museum, the Wüstenrot Foundation, and the Nieuwe Instituut
Museum details
Adresse
Charles-Eames-Straße 2
79576
Weil am Rhein
+49 7621 70 23 200
Opening hours
47.59895, 7.61372
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