Typology	Urban Landscapes
Program	Installation
Location	CH Lausanne
Year	2015
Status	Proposal
Budget in €	30 000
Size in sqm	30
Selection Process	Open competition
Team	Pierre Escobar, Yannick Vanhaelen, Philippe De Clerck
Landscape	Celine Baumann

Contemporary grotto

: Lausanne Jardin 2015

The passage du Clos de Bulle can be called a “transient microcosm”. “Microcosm” because of the ecosystem of the passage – a dark, humid space, facing north – and “transitory” because it is one of the only covered spaces on the route of Lausanne Jardin. We started from these two main characteristics of the site to propose an intervention that articulates a reflection on the site itself

To preserve this character of an exceptional place, the intervention is concealed as a surprise, an intimate moment in the Lausanne Jardin journey which offers different sensations. To do this, we are creating a contemporary reinterpretation of the “grotto”, a classic style figure in the Italian garden: a cool, dark space where the foam, a living organism, replaces the fountains.

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