Stone Plant Sculpture Γλυπτό Κήπου by Udo Hubert Dagenbach is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 Ασημένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award in Σχεδιασμός Αστικού Εξοπλισμού Competition Category.
ΑσημένιοΑστικός Εξοπλισμός· 2017
Stone Plant Sculpture Γλυπτό Κήπου
Client: Glasser and Dagenbach
Ασημένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award Winner in Αστικός Εξοπλισμός Category
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About Stone Plant Sculpture Γλυπτό Κήπου
Το Γλυπτό Πέτρινου Φυτού είναι ένας μινιμαλιστικός κήπος σε σχήμα κύβου με διαστάσεις 130 επί 130 επί 130 εκατοστά. Το ένα μισό αποτελείται από έναν όγκο ασβεστόλιθου της Ιουρασικής περιόδου, κομμένο σε λατομείο της νότιας Γερμανίας. Οι ορατές επιφάνειες της πέτρας είναι σκαλισμένες και βουρτσισμένες ώστε να αποκτούν μια πατιναρισμένη, γηρασμένη όψη. Το άλλο μισό αποτελείται από τέσσερα φυτά ίταμου (yew), κλαδεμένα στο τελικό τους μέγεθος μετά τη φύτευση. Μια σχεδόν διαγώνια γραμμή σηματοδοτεί την ένωση ανάμεσα στην πέτρα και το φυτό. Ο σχεδιασμός αποτελεί μια ευρωπαϊκή ερμηνεία των ιαπωνικών κήπων Ζεν. Ο κύβος στέκεται πάνω σε επίπεδο γκαζόν και απαιτεί χαμηλή συντήρηση.
The Recognition
About the Ασημένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award
Το σχέδιο Stone Plant Sculpture Γλυπτό Κήπου κέρδισε το Ασημένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award, μια τεράστια διάκριση κύρους που απονέμεται σε σχέδια κορυφαίας ποιότητας, πανέμορφα και εντυπωσιακά. Οι νικητές του Ασημένιου Βραβείου είναι εξαιρετικά λαμπρά και ιδιαίτερα δημιουργικά έργα που απεικονίζουν την εξέχουσα εμπειρογνωμοσύνη, το ταλέντο και την οξυδέρκεια των σχεδιαστών τους. Το σχέδιο Stone Plant Sculpture Γλυπτό Κήπου αναμένεται να είναι ένα υπέροχο, αντιπροσωπευτικό έργο, αξιοσημείωτα επαγγελματικό και βαθιά καινοτόμο. Αυτό το σχέδιο που βραβεύτηκε με το Ασημένιο Βραβείο A' Design Award είναι μια ιδιαίτερα αξιοσημείωτη, θαυμαστή εφεύρεση που ωφελεί και προωθεί τα όρια της τέχνης, της επιστήμης, του σχεδιασμού και της τεχνολογίας. Το σχέδιο Stone Plant Sculpture Γλυπτό Κήπου είναι μια πολύ ζηλευτή δημιουργία που προκαλεί επιθυμίες, φέρνει θετικά συναισθήματα και πυροδοτεί έκπληξη και θαυμασμό.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Two companies asked for a series of gardens, objects which show the possibilties combining their products. Jurrasic limestones and plants. So we created the idea for the most minimalistic garden, a european interpretation of Japanese Zen Gardens. Forming a cube with a pruned yew and a limestone. The joint between both is defined by an almost diagonal line through the cube.
Two materials - plant and stone - a simple shape. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The stone plant sculpture forms a cube of 130 x130 x 130 cm. It consists of Lime stone and Yew hedge plants which are planted close to the stone to form the intended cube together. The stone is placed on a concrete foundation.
- Tags
- minimal garden, minimalistic garden, garden sculpture, cube garden, plant stone, land art, minimal art, jurrasic marble, limestone, yew
- Production Technology
- One part of the garden cube is produced from a piece of Jurrasic marble, also called limestone. It was produced in a South German Quarry of the Franken Schotter Company. It was cut out of a raw block. The standing side and the side facing the plants are diamond saw cut. The visible surfaces are chisselled and brushed, what gives it a aged look. The other half is planted from four Taxus baccata, yew, from Bruns Nursery which have been properly pruned to the final size after planting.
- Design Challenge
- It was a challenge not to choose a solution which looked too natural and showed expectable designs. So we have struggled to be maximum minimalistic, showing a clear, simple solution that immediately could be understood by the international guests of the nursery and the United World College. To do less than could be possible is the most challenging step. Our fear that strong frosts could cool down the stone so much that the plants will be harmed and killed by it did not come true even in the high mountains of Armenia
- Research
- The request of two companies to do a work with the products they produce needed a research on similar projects. We found that doing this in a expectable and already common way would not give a good impression. So we found that the solution should be reduced to message they want to tell their clients with this action: "Our products fit together very well". By keeping it simple the impression is stronger.
- Inspiration
- Since long time I searched for a European equivalent of Japanese Garden designs. Finally the minimalistic ideas of the Bauhaus period gave a hint what could be possible. The suggested project is one out of a series of projects which we have done in this way. Whilst Japanese Gardens often use the scale 1:3 to reflect a real landscape in a new and abstract way, this project does not reflect any landscape and does not use any scale. It is the maximum reduction of a garden ending up as a sculpture.
- Project Duration
- The project started in 2002 as a joint venture between the Franken Schotter Quarry and the Bruns nursery. After its realization in 2003 it stood in Bad Zwischenahn, North Germany, in front of the adminitrative office of Bruns Nursery. In 2015 the project was moved to The United World College in Dilijan Armenia, where it is installed now permanently at the Prince of Wales avenue.
- Operation Flow
- The garden cube needs low maintenance. The hedges should be properly pruned 3 times a year to show a perfect impression.
The stone needs a yearly cleaning with simple water by using a high pressure cleaner. The placement on a flat piece of lawn is essential to make it work visualy. - Patents
- all copyrights belong to Udo Dagenbach, glasser and dagenbach, 2006
- Team Members
- Draftswoman: Katrin Weincke
Installation: Bruns Nursery
Stone works: Franken Schotter Quarries - Image Credits
- Image #1 Udo Dagenbach, garden cube, 2007
Image #2 Udo Dagenbach, garden cube, 2007
Image #3 Udo Dagenbach, garden cube, 2007
Image #4 Udo Dagenbach, garden cube, 2007
Image #5 Udo Dagenbach, garden cube, 2007
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