Vitra Campus presents a new addition. The garden house made of sustainable materials was designed by architect Tsuyoshi Tane.
The Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany invites visitors to see its latest building – the Garden House. Following the Japanese Umbrella House designed by architect Kazuo Shinohara, the conference pavilion designed by Tadao Ando, and the factory building by the SANAA studio, the new house by Tsuyoshi Tane is already the fourth project from an architect of Japanese origin. Thus, architecture enthusiasts have another reason to visit this design and architecture-rich location. In the fall of 2023, an exhibition dedicated to the Garden House project and the work of Tsuyoshi Tane will also open in the gallery at the Vitra Design Museum.
The Garden House, with an area of 15 m², is very compact and accommodates approximately 8 people. It is equipped with a coffee preparation corner and offers ample space for workshops. Primarily, however, it is intended mainly for storing tools used by gardeners in Oudolf's garden. It also serves the employees of Vitra who take care of the bees on the campus, as well as those who work on the vegetable garden currently being developed next to the house. The building includes an outdoor seating area and a small fountain for watering or cleaning shoes and tools. Additionally, the building will feature an observation platform from which visitors can enjoy a 360-degree unobstructed view of Oudolf's garden, the Umbrella House, and the Vitra campus area.
Nearly three years ago, Rolf Fehlbaum, the emeritus chairman of Vitra, took architect Tsuyoshi Tane on a ride around Weil am Rhein and shared stories about his childhood and memories of the fields where the Vitra campus later grew. It was at that moment that the idea for the new building was born: Tane's Garden House, built in accordance with the architect's concept of "the archaeology of the future," which states that architecture arises from the memory of the place where it is located. The house was completed in June 2023 and was officially opened during the Art Basel fair.
"Like archaeologists, we embark on a long process of exploring and excavating the memory of the place. It is a process of surprise and discovery, searching for what we did not know, what we forgot, what was lost due to modernization and globalization. I believe that a place will always have memories deeply rooted in the land and in history. And that this memory does not belong to the past, but is a driving force that creates architecture. Through this process of thinking about the future based on the memory of the place, archaeology gradually becomes architecture," explained Tsuyoshi Tane.
In line with this ideology, Tane's Garden House was built from sustainable and, wherever possible, local materials, crafted by local artisans. For example, the stone and wood used in the house were sourced locally and transported only short distances: 28 km for the granite stone (from the quarry to the stoneworker and then to the Vitra campus) and 50 km for the wood (from the local forest to the factory and then to the campus).
The Garden House, with an area of 15 m², is very compact and accommodates approximately 8 people. It is equipped with a coffee preparation corner and offers ample space for workshops. Primarily, however, it is intended mainly for storing tools used by gardeners in Oudolf's garden. It also serves the employees of Vitra who take care of the bees on the campus, as well as those who work on the vegetable garden currently being developed next to the house. The building includes an outdoor seating area and a small fountain for watering or cleaning shoes and tools. Additionally, the building will feature an observation platform from which visitors can enjoy a 360-degree unobstructed view of Oudolf's garden, the Umbrella House, and the Vitra campus area.
Nearly three years ago, Rolf Fehlbaum, the emeritus chairman of Vitra, took architect Tsuyoshi Tane on a ride around Weil am Rhein and shared stories about his childhood and memories of the fields where the Vitra campus later grew. It was at that moment that the idea for the new building was born: Tane's Garden House, built in accordance with the architect's concept of "the archaeology of the future," which states that architecture arises from the memory of the place where it is located. The house was completed in June 2023 and was officially opened during the Art Basel fair.
"Like archaeologists, we embark on a long process of exploring and excavating the memory of the place. It is a process of surprise and discovery, searching for what we did not know, what we forgot, what was lost due to modernization and globalization. I believe that a place will always have memories deeply rooted in the land and in history. And that this memory does not belong to the past, but is a driving force that creates architecture. Through this process of thinking about the future based on the memory of the place, archaeology gradually becomes architecture," explained Tsuyoshi Tane.
In line with this ideology, Tane's Garden House was built from sustainable and, wherever possible, local materials, crafted by local artisans. For example, the stone and wood used in the house were sourced locally and transported only short distances: 28 km for the granite stone (from the quarry to the stoneworker and then to the Vitra campus) and 50 km for the wood (from the local forest to the factory and then to the campus).
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