Vincent Dumay

T h r e e   C o l u m n   G a r d e n 

On a small island, I have created a garden with three pillars surrounded by local wild plants. The pillars are made of earth – a natural blend of clay, sand, and stone, compressed in layers inside a tubular form. I am exploring clay construction to open possibilities for sustainable architecture.

J u d g e s ’   c o m m e n t s : 

A meeting between classical columns and compressed earth unites transience and garden architecture with existential questions. An architecture that anchors the present to history and shows how we experience time through architecture and vice versa. The cycles of vegetation, death, and rebirth become an integrated part of this skillfully executed architectural configuration.

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