Ornamental Plants from Around the Globe:
Through the use of masts, sails and a telescope, this pavilion harkens back to botanical conquests of the plant hunters who brought exotic plants to Europe centuries ago.
Art and Nature in Juxtaposition: Artists Pavilions in Merano’s Gardens
Artists Pavilions at Merano’s botanical gardens: a new take on nature
Merano’s Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle fuse art, nature and culture in a unique way. Ten Artists Pavilions represent an unconventional approach to illustrating various phenomena of nature: a successful combination of aesthetic elements and sensory experience.
At Trauttmansdorff, local and international artists and architects have reinterpreted the classical concept of the garden pavilion – a place of rest that offers protection from the weather and sun. Each of the ten Artists Pavilions addresses a different botanical theme. Focusing on Mother Nature and her plants, botanical phenomena are presented in way that is not only instructive but also artistically and aesthetically appealing.
Deciduous Forests:
Metal leaves dancing in the wind mimic the play of light and shade found under a tree canopy.
Scent Organ:
Visitors sniff nine different aromas and try to identify each at this sense-based guessing game, which is very popular with people of all ages.
Plants from Regions with Mediterranean Climates:
Bright and radiant, this pavilion evokes the houses and pathways of the Mediterranean.
Downy Oak Forest:
In this pavilion, the gnarled trunks of downy oak trees were meticulously layered within a linear steel lattice frame, underlining how the natural proliferation of the surrounding trees has been tamed.
Succulent Plants:
This shape and inner workings of this walk-through pavilion were modeled after a barrel cactus.
Water Plants:
Walk a walk on the bottom of a lake: boats overhead offer shade and symbolize water plants in a highly imaginative way.
Cultivated Landscapes Displacing Natural Landscapes:
This pavilion presents elements of South Tyrol’s cultivated landscapes: orchard espaliers and vineyard pergolas.
Plants in Spring:
Heralds of the spring: flexible colored rods reach towards the heavens.
Plants in Fall:
Inside this rusty steel dome, colored plexiglass leaves infuse sunlight with the warm hues of autumn.