Garden of Love and Fire in Almere, Netherlands by Studio Daniel

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Sumit Singhal
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Garden of Love and Fire in Almere, Netherlands by Studio Daniel Libeskind

April 21st, 2012 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Studio Daniel Libeskind

This quiet meditation garden completed in 1992 is located in the ‘town without a history’ of Almere, The Netherlands.

The garden consists of an observation platform, three narrow water canals, and a fourth dry channel on which an oblong volume is resting. These lines direct themselves toward three particular locations: Salamanca, Paris, and Almere. They signify a world location in which love (Juan de la Cruz) and fire (Paul Celan) intersect in Almere’s future. The inscribed ciphers refer to the encounter between Juan de la Cruz and Paul Celan in the newly reclaimed land. They become readable at precisely those times when the materiality of forms dissolves into oblivion.

Garden of Love and Fire (Images Courtesy SDL)

Architect: Studio Daniel Libeskind
Name of Project: Garden of Love and Fire
Location: Almere, Netherlands
Status: Completed
Completion: Date 1992
Copyright of image: SDL

Garden of Love and Fire (Images Courtesy SDL)

: Garden of Love and Fire (Images Courtesy SDL)

: Garden of Love and Fire (Images Courtesy SDL)

: Garden of Love and Fire (Images Courtesy SDL)

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Tags: Almere, Netherlands

Category: Garden

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