Rosegarden
Andersson will design the building together with
architect Erkki Pitkäranta. They have been working together since
1995 under the name Rosegarden. Gerbera, a gardening school shaped like
a flower in Kiipula and a cumin shaped ecofarm for 48 cows in Teuva are
example of their collaboration. Common nominators are the shapes borrowed
from nature and a humorous approach to the design based on stories Rosegarden
write themselves or in collaboration with the users. The Life on a Leaf
building will, as well, be based on imagination and the forms of nature.
The shape of the house seen from above is a leaf. More information about
all Rosegarden projects at: Rosegarden
website
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Gerbera,
Kiipula, Finland 1998 The building is shaped like a big Gerbera flower with a round centre and oval shaped petals. |
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This is the view from the halved Bee window i.e. from the teachers' room into the winter garden. |
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Cumin The
Cow House |
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