The Garden of Encounters
Competition for an artistic intervention on the perimeter of the new Eaux-Vives station in Geneva.
The Garden of Encounters that we proposed for the art intervention competition in Eaux-Vives train station is a system of 9 connected biotopes situated behind Lot BC and in the Place Basse. While the first urban biotope is a temporary intervention that accompanies the construction process of the second half of the perimeter, the following eight biotopes will remain on site permanently. Each biotope creates a different space for citizens' interactions with other people and/or with the natural environment.
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Artists
Juan Chacón and Valeria Schwarz
Illustrations
Alberto Rey
Supported by
Fonds municipal d’art contemporain (FMAC), Geneva
Geneva, CH, 2018