"Nice to Bee" by Carina Hahn, one of the competition winners;
Credit: Carina Hahn / LUGA
LUGA - Luxembourg Urban Garden has unveiled the designers selected to create ephemeral gardens in the Pétrusse Valley in 2025.
The LUGA jury has selected the nine winners of the ideas competition for the design of ten ephemeral gardens to be set up in the Pétrusse Valley next year.
The objective of this competition was to present innovative ephemeral landscaping to meet future challenges. The creations resulting from this competition provided concrete, sustainable and future-oriented solutions, according to LUGA. The selected designers will create raised platform gardens of 20 to 21 m².
Placed under the theme of the LUGA exhibition "Making the invisible visible", these gardens will be placed temporarily along the banks of the Pétrusse Valley. This part of the valley has recently been renatured and will host the LUGA exhibition in 2025 in a green and natural setting where nature, biodiversity, rocks and history coexist.
Winning designs
"Blue Sky" by Jérome Goedseels: Like synaesthesia, the driving idea of this project is to associate a musical work with a plant composition (sound with colour). The supporting and inspiring musical work behind this project is "Mr Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra, written and composed by Jeff Lyne in 1977.
"Les mystères du trésor des plantes médicinales" by Laurence Didier: This garden changes our vision of "weeds", showing them as medicinal treasures. It reveals wild vegetation and a golden oak, using mirrors to expand the space. This experience invites visitors to rediscover neglected plants and reflect on our connection with nature.
"Das Band der Verbundenheit" / "Lien de connexion" by Carolin Kemkes-Günner: By trying to further connect man to himself, to others and to nature, this project creates a place of reflection, harmony and calm. The emphasis on natural greenery composed of varied local plants, as well as the natural sandstone materials inspired by the bed of the Pétrusse, emphasise naturalness, minimalism and refer to the Genius Loci (protective spirit of a place).
"Timeo" by Rien Veulemans: Timeo presents an apocalyptic vision of the reality of current climate change. It challenges visitors to embrace fear and vulnerability, providing an experience of reflection and thought. The project provides space for the climate concerns of our time while redefining the aesthetic of apocalyptic landscapes.
"Wander Kautsch" by Eline Bleser: This project offers a reflection on above-ground (agri)culture based on the principle of reusable, mobile, autonomous and self-built greenhouses. The architectural, educational and poetic interpretation of an ancestral principle aims to materialise certain major challenges of contemporary society by setting new aesthetic and ethical standards.
"Jardin Germinatif" by Cassandra Provenzano & Nadine Weirich: This garden harmonises elegance and sustainability through four wooden structures evoking germination. In the absence of electronic equipment, this space offers a contemplative refuge, celebrating life and biodiversity. Each seed becomes an invitation to explore and contemplate the deep connection with the environment.
"Nice to Bee" by Carina Hahn: Drawing attention to the essential role of bees, the project focuses on sustainability, education and support for local flora and fauna. This concept creates a unique space and invites visitors to contemplate ecological and social challenges, encouraging a deeper connection with the environment.
"Le portail" by Naile Arslan: This bright green portal embodies sustainability, taking inspiration from the arches of nature. Representing a shift towards something new, this concept illustrates how urban development can be achieved in harmony with nature. It invites visitors on a journey, awakening them to the importance of harmony with the environment.
"Cultiver nos potentiels dans un monde qui change" (10 different variants), Julie Chirol: The 10 proposed gardens address current ecological issues in the form of literal and poetic interpretations in order to provoke visitors' questions about our contemporary lifestyles and to raise awareness of the unsuspected riches of our direct environment.
Further information about the winners is available on the LUGA website at https://luga.lu/laureats/.
