The Vitra Design Museum, one of the principal cultural institutions in the field of contemporary design, publishes the volume Garden Futures. Designing with Nature, dedicated to the homonymous exhibition he runs from March 25 to Oct. 30, 2023, and which also includes the Bosco Verticale in Milan by Boeri Studio (Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca, Giovanni La Varra) proposed as one of the strategies for demineralization and urban forestation in cities.
The exhibition, the layout of which was curated by Formafantasma Studio, explores the history and future of green spaces in the city through a wide range of examples drawn from design, everyday culture, and landscape architecture: from deck chairs to vertical urban farms, from contemporary community gardens to living buildings, and gardens by designers and artists such as Roberto Burle Marx, Mien Ruys, and Derek Jarman.
The final section of the exhibition examines contemporary projects that address the integration of greenery and the city, including the Bosco Verticale in Milan, designed by Boeri Studio. In an era of climate crisis, threatened biodiversity and social isolation, greenery offers a place to reimagine the future and develop solutions-a place of healing, spirituality and learning. In the age of the Anthropocene-this is the message of these and similar projects-the entire planet emerges as a garden that we must cultivate, care for and use responsibly.
For the exhibition catalog: https://shop.design-museum.de/en/products/garden-futures-designing-with-nature