Tane Garden House (essay)

The publication “Tane Garden House” provides insights into a design process that spanned several years. It documents the development of the architectural project, including unrealized models and sketches of Tsuyoshi Tane.

The idea to build a garden house on the Vitra Campus was initiated by Vitra Chairman Emeritus Rolf Fehlbaum. The building which is direct proximity of the Oudolf Garten, combines a rooftop viewing platform for Campus visitors and a meeting room for the gardeners who tend the grounds. Tsuyoshi Tane understood that this project was small in scale, but large in meaning. This is reflected in the Japanese architect’s unique design approach, which is based on an intensive research process that explores the local context in order to utilize traditional handicrafts as well as regional resources. Like an archaeologist, Tane started with a long period of exploration, researching the ‘memory of the place’ where the project was being planned. Tsuyoshi Tane calls this approach ‘Archaeology of the Future’.

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