Spatium arboreum
| Type: | public |
| Completion: | 2004 |
| Location: | Botanical Garden Vienna (AUT) |
| Area: | 110 m² |
| Scope: | design and implementation |
| Supported by: | Ossian Fraser, Philip Schilling |
| Client: | Botanical Garden Vienna |
The artwork located in the Botanical Garden of Vienna awakens notions of an once magnificent tree - felled in consequense of a disease. Offering an artistic perspective in a scientifically oriented garden, the "downside up" root of the 100 year old Norway Maple and an earthform surrounding the trees former position draw attention to the now opened space above.
felling of norway maple | photos 
working process and completed work | photos 
completed work | photos 
completed work | photo