The Del Prado installation aims to recreate a forest plantation using discarded wood from excavation sites. It is divided into three sections that represent the different phases of bonsai care - a nursery buried in the ground for roots to grow away from light, a middle section for pruning shoots moving towards light, and an upper ground floor for aging plants. The goal is to allow users to find and cultivate their own bonsai in nature, preserving the philosophical tradition.
The Del Prado installation aims to recreate a forest plantation using discarded wood from excavation sites. It is divided into three sections that represent the different phases of bonsai care - a nursery buried in the ground for roots to grow away from light, a middle section for pruning shoots moving towards light, and an upper ground floor for aging plants. The goal is to allow users to find and cultivate their own bonsai in nature, preserving the philosophical tradition.
The Del Prado installation aims to recreate a forest plantation using discarded wood from excavation sites. It is divided into three sections that represent the different phases of bonsai care - a nursery buried in the ground for roots to grow away from light, a middle section for pruning shoots moving towards light, and an upper ground floor for aging plants. The goal is to allow users to find and cultivate their own bonsai in nature, preserving the philosophical tradition.
It aims to recreate the idea of cultivating plants that are around
us every day.
the user is able to make her own makeshift forest plantation.
This preserves the philosophical tradition of Bonsai - to find your own bonsai in nature (a quest for self). Materials using the disregarded wood from excavation sites.
The structure is divided in three sections for the INFORMAL
three phases of Bonsai care. The older plants are aging on the ground floor (shoots moving towards light) and the nursery is buried on the ground (roots moving away from light).