Chaumont garden design competition

The entry was for Chaumont, a french design competition where the theme was resilience. Within my team we decided to create two parallels between a familiar and unsustainable domesticated setting- a living room, contrasted against a garden with resilient planting, including a reflection area with a water feature and sheltered seating.

The desired effect was for people to reflect on their current lifestyles and how they may change these to positively benefit the environment.

Section

Dead plants coming out of the sofa adds to an uncomfortable feeling in the typically associated ‘comfortable’ room. Thus reinforcing the message that anthropogenic factors are killing the earth yet plants remain resilient through all of the destruction.

Reflection pool with a colourful mosaic inside the bowl to refract these colours into the water, with circular wooden benches surrounding

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Total- €13,200

The inside of the bowl is to have pressed colourful, recycled glass pieces in a mosaic style. This will be filled with water so that the light reflects off the coloured glass creating ‘colourful water.’ This will create a calming environment for people to sit and reflect on how they can better their actions towards the environment.

Section B-B

Clear transparent bowl showcasing the root system of a Heuchera ‘Wild Berry’ to represent the resilience of plants and way they ground themselves. The glass is to represent the fragility of nature and risks we are creating through our destruction.

The bamboo trellis is one example of how we can harness nature.

Low hedges towards the path branching out to taller, larger hedges are designed to create a sense of order. This allows users to be immersed into the garden whilst understanding the order of resilience.

Wall of constructed room made of wooden palettes