INSTALLATIONS / SPATIAL DESIGN
Anti-Paradise
LOCATION
Athens, Greece
Madrid, Spain
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Berlin, Germany
YEAR
Scenario - 2023
An ephemeral Anti-Paradise explores climate change through a series of dystopian, large-scale spatial scenarios installed within familiar urban gardens across European capitals. By transforming the garden into an unstable “anti-garden”, the project stages environmental conditions as lived experiences rather than distant phenomena. Architecture becomes a scenographic condition through which climate is experienced physically, challenging the boundary between discomfort, familiarity and attraction.
If dystopia becomes familiar, does it remain dystopian?
The Anti-Garden of Wildfire, Madrid
The anti-garden of Wildfire: A landscape of escalation and loss of control.
A labyrinthine structure unfolds as a rising terrain, disorienting movement and limiting visibility.
The visitor navigates a space shaped by urgency, echoing the spatial and psychological condition of wildfire.
The Anti-Garden of Drought, Athens
The anti-garden of Drought: An inversion of the oasis.
Within a dense, almost tropical environment, a dry and hostile void emerges.
Crossing its threshold suggests a transition into a parallel condition from abundance to absence.
The Anti-Garden of Sea level rise, Amsterdam
The anti-garden of Sea Level Rise: A gradually submerged landscape.
Water fragments the ground into discontinuous zones, interrupting movement and redefining orientation.
The act of crossing becomes unstable, reflecting a future where land is no longer fixed.
The Anti-Garden of Plastic, Berlin
The anti-garden of Plastic: An anti-garden of accumulation.
Fragments of domestic typologies emerge within a landscape of plastic waste, referencing the idea of habitation.
The familiar notion of “home” is displaced, confronting the visitor with the consequences of everyday consumption.