Stone Plant Sculpture Ihe Owuwu Ubi Nkume by Udo Hubert Dagenbach

Stone Plant Sculpture Ihe Owuwu Ubi Nkume by Udo Hubert Dagenbach is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Ngwá Ụlọ Okporo Ụzọ Competition Category.

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Stone Plant Sculpture Ihe Owuwu Ubi Nkume

by Udo Hubert Dagenbach

Client: Glasser and Dagenbach

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Ngwá Ụlọ Okporo Ụzọ Category

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The Design

About Stone Plant Sculpture Ihe Owuwu Ubi Nkume

Ihe Odide Akwụkwọ: Ihe Owuwu Osisi Nkume bụ ogige dị nta nke e mere ka ọ dị ka igwe kubu nke ọ dị centimita 130 site na 130 ruo na 130. Otu ọkara bụ nkume kalịsium (limestone) sitere n'oge Jurassic, e beburu ya n'ebe a na-egwupụta nkume dị na ndịda Germany. A na-egbutu ma na-asachapụ elu nkume ndị a na-ahụ anya iji nye ha ọdịdị agadi. Ọkara nke ọzọ bụ osisi yew anọ, nke a kpachaziri mgbe e kụchara ha ruo nha ikpeazụ. Otu ahịrị dị ka egwụdomeghe na-egosi ebe nkume na osisi jikọtara ọnụ. Nhazi a bụ nghọta ndị Europe banyere ubi Zen nke ndị Japan. Igwe kubu a guzo n'elu ahịhịa dị larịị ma chọọ nlekọta dị ala.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

Stone Plant Sculpture Ihe Owuwu Ubi Nkume meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Stone Plant Sculpture Ihe Owuwu Ubi Nkume ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Stone Plant Sculpture Ihe Owuwu Ubi Nkume bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

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