Description

tromp l’oeil

in a stage where consumerism is converted into a cultured representation of society, very often, architecture plays the role of bait - space, images, lights, interaction collaborate to create an unique emotional experience.

the insertion of a “natural” element in an artificial context like a shopping center acts like a provocation to our senses. such hyperrealistic technique as the vegetable wall is used here to create the illusion or perception of another spatial “reality” - tromp l’oeil.
taking advantage of the store’s existing geometric irregularity and its location, a false perspective is created - the vegetable wall converts to a tridimensional outside the building’s limits. this space overflowing enlarges the perception of space.

Designed

2007

Completed

2007

Technical data

Location
Dolce Vita Monumental Shopping Center, Lisbon, Portugal

Plantwall
Vertical Garden Design (Michael Hellgren)

Contractor
Armando Cancelinha

Photographs
Leonardo Finotti

Project team

Daniela Silva