VULGARE

 » One of the most important aspects of urbanity is the adoption of space through the urbanites. In Berlin sand and gravel are ubiquitous materials of the current construction activities. Sand piles are among the first advertisements of changes to come. It is at the same time a material of strong haptical qualities and seductive to play. Formed through erosion, it continues to erode and to be transported furtheron. In this way sand may be seen as expression of change. It is also the typical ground material of the wider Berlin region, the Mark Brandenburg. What could an urban garden in Berlin be? The project is an attempt at defining this with banal and ordinary material of a sand-pile. From the pure form of a cone it becomes a dynamic element in the city. Change is initiated through the passers-by: they play, touch, vandalize, acknowledge or disagree. A rake is used to continually establish a communicative state of the gravel pile. Over four days a game between the gardener and the passers-by takes place which engages the latter in interaction with their place. The visual pun with the associative imagery of the japanese zen-gardens helps to make the site understood as an urban garden which might trigger an appropiative view on the open space of the city.

( Source : http://www.100land.de. Thanks to Thilo Folkerts. )

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