documenting the projects in question, the presentation is accompanied by a 192-page book published in collaboration with nai010. as LOLA and oudolf find themselves united in this endeavor, the term sharawadgi became the exhibition’s title and its central theme. in the context of landscape architecture, the term ‘sharawadgi’ - a corruption of the japanese sorowaji, meaning non-regular - has become synonymous with a style of landscape design or architecture that avoids rigid lines and symmetry to make the landscape appear organic and naturalistic. titled ‘in search of sharawadgi’, the display will take visitors on a journey, showing how public gardens and landscapes across the world have been transformed. The work of both oudolf and LOLA is presented in a new exhibition, which opens at the SCHUNCK museum in the netherlands on june 9, 2021. when slowly the interest in public gardens and more sophisticated planting plans was reemerging, piet oudolf was there to wow everyone with pictures of his gardens, including us.’ this interest has led LOLA to collaborate with oudolf on numerous occasions, including on this project in sweden with herzog & de meuron.ĭesigned by oudolf, lurie garden is located in chicago’s millennium park | image courtesy of piet oudolf ‘it meant someone had spent time on random details and shapes while losing track of the bigger picture.
‘when we were studying landscape architecture, ‘gardening’ was a swear word,’ peter veenstra tells designboom. Hummelo is the private garden of piet and anja oudolf | image courtesy of piet oudolf (also main image)įounded in 2006 by eric-jan pleijster, cees van der veeken, and peter veenstra, LOLA landscape architects couldn’t help but be influenced and inspired by oudolf. now, 45 years after piet oudolf originally began his practice, the dutch garden designer has completed projects that include the high line in new york and the 2011 serpentine pavilion. following increased attention for his personal garden, oudolf began attracting international interest. it was here, in 1982, that the oudolfs started a nursery growing unusual, but garden-worthy perennials. after starting his landscape and garden design practice in 1976, alongside his wife anja, oudolf moved to hummelo - a village in the eastern part of the netherlands. Over the past decades, oudolf has completed a wide range of projects, earning a reputation as one of the world’s most influential garden designers.
The work of garden designer piet oudolf and landscape architecture firm LOLA is documented as part of a new book and exhibition, which is set to open in the netherlands.
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