The picture of plant's section

This project won an excellent prize the highest award in 2009 Suntory midorie design contest (a jury; Mr. Kengo Kuma, Mr. Naoki Iijima, Mr. Hiroshi Hasegawa, Mr. Yoshio Kato). We wanted to express "the vitality" that the plant lasted with this work.

Artificial soil Puff-Cal incorporated in design given condition does not fall apart at light weight, and has high earth-water preservation power. As I use this property, a wall of the perpendicular ground is created. In diagnosing a wall as a section, a leaf or a flower, a root can be seen at the same time. I show the root that cannot usually see, so I feel the whole of plants and the vitality.

I show the root, because Puff-Cal has the ability that grows the root. There are many air bubbles inside, and the atmosphere that is necessary for the growth of the root is kept, so the growth speed is normal double on the ground and is normal 5 times under the ground. I expressed technology that crystallized into an invisible part in a section. I assume that install it in the various places, so I prepared various proportions and the different thing of the scale such as small-type, slim-type, thick-type, or box-type. Using semitransparent material like” Ant-Aquarium", the figure of a three-dimensional root may appear.

Not only the visible beautiful flower and leaf but also roots to support them are felt, if such a tree planting design is possible･･･．

Principal-in-charge : Fujino Takashi

Design : 2009.09 -