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
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