Cabinet of Curiosities / Wunderkammer

A cabinet of curiosities—or Wunderkammer—was an early modern collection of rare objects, natural specimens, and artifacts, often displayed without strict order. It was a way to gather the world in miniature, mixing science, art, and wonder. The cabinet is not only history; it still haunts how we classify and exhibit nature today. It framed knowledge through spectacle, often exoticizing and appropriating, showing the power relations in what was chosen and what was left out. At the same time, it staged a world of strange juxtapositions, where the boundaries of categories collapsed and imagination expanded. In landscape architecture, the cabinet of curiosities suggests ways of assembling fragments, mixing ecologies, creating places that invite wonder but also question how we order the world.

/ Urška Škerl

Daniel Ganz is a founder of a renowned office based in Zurich, Ganz Landschaftsarchitekten, whose work received many recognitions by opening the field into diverse directions resulting in unusual designs. In 2021, the monograph Ganz – Contemporary Swiss Landscape Architecture was published, presenting the reader with 10 works outlined by key themes like pleasure, labour, […]

/ Urška Škerl

Giovanni Aloi is an author, curator, and creator with a PhD from Goldsmiths University, focusing on natural history in art representation. His work examines depictions of flora and fauna to uncover societal values and foster shifts in these through critical reflection. Through publishing, curating exhibitions, delivering talks, and editing Antennae: The Journal of Nature in […]

/ Zaš Brezar

Günther Vogt probably needs no introduction in our profession; he has been an important practitioner for a couple of decades now, appreciated globally for his rich, non-linear and adventurous design approach. Initially, his education was more in the direction of botany. He later shifted to landscape architecture by studying in Rapperswil, Switzerland. After his study […]

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