24 hour workshop & Competition

studio Tom emerson

Spring 2015

The Garden

with Alisa Labrenz, Moritz Schudel & Victor Lepik

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In a 24h workshop teams developed design proposals for a garden on an undeveloped plot of the ETH campus. The development of the garden will be continued every semester by the studio for the next 10 years.

The main objective for our design was to lay the groundwork for future uses. We selected plants that will increase the soil quality and propose a terracing of the site. As the centerpoint we intended an apple tree. 

Our proposal won the second place among the 20 entries and elements of it were realized in the built project. We were later put in charge of adapting the design and supervised the construction together with the chair.

Collage

Collage

Floor plan

Floor plan

In the build project the central apple tree was replaced by several layers of fruit trees laid out in an ellipse framing the central space. The pathway system and the flower beds were build and planted as proposed by us.

Plants

Detail

Finished 1st stage of the Garden

Finished 1st stage of the Garden