[ NL Architects ] Moving Forest

noclew · noclew 发表于 2008-12-4 08:23:56

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Dutch architects NL created a forest of 100 trees planted in shopping trolleys at the Urban Play event in Amsterdam, Netherlands, which ended earlier this month.

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The project, called Moving Forest, was inspired by a children’sstory about a forest that moves at night so people trapped in it cannever escape.

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Urban Play is an international project by Droog Design, created and curated by Scott Burnham and presented as part of ExperimentaDesign Amsterdam 2008.

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The trees were given away at the end of the project.

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The following is from NL architects: – Moving Forest The Moving Forest are 100 trees strapped into 100 shopping-cartslurking around in an urban environment blocking peoples way and forcingpassers to act on them.

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According to NL’s Gen Yamamoto the idea comes from a story he heardas a child about a forest where the trees move at night so that peoplewould loose there way and could never get out. This story has beenhaunting him ever since.

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In his mind he could imagine people adopting a tree .e.g. homelesscould start to take one on their journey through the city. The treeswould pop up unexpectedly in small side streets or dark corners or bepushed over a big public square. They would group in smaller groups orbe sparkled over the town. Out of liability reasons for the Urban Playevent 2 they are fenced in by concrete stones in a neat rectangle.Nevertheless, since they will be placed almost blocking the entirepedestrian area on Piet Heinkade in Amsterdam for a length of about 30meters, they will surely create a surprising effect.

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After the period of 6 weeks when the festival is over, the treeswill be sold on to citizens and find a new home. At last then Gen’sImage of trees passing through the city and breaking in on people inhideous spots is coming true.

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The Trees are Acer, Red Prunus, Green Prunus, Gleditsia, Berk.

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Moving Forest NL Architects: Pieter Bannenberg, Walter van Dijk, Kamiel Klaasse Framework: Experimenta Design Amsterdam 2008 Commissioner: Droog Design / Urban Play Event 2 Project Manager: Maaike Gottschall Curator: Scott Burnham Designer / Project Architect: Gen Yamamoto (Design) Daan Roggeveen (Organisation)