“Roots of the Future” is an ephemeral garden that has become permanent, taking the form of a “landscape-sculpture.” An extraordinary creation perched like a balcony over the Alzette valley, it develops a singular aesthetic and encourages exuberant plant growth.
A tall planted cliff face, the slopes of the Alzette here take the shape of a vast vertical garden. At the foot of the cliff, giant and powerful roots — sculptural forms in steel — emerge from the cliff base and thrust outward to claim the Alzette valley. We propose a sudden acceleration of time, a projection into a potential future that, having abandoned any desire for control, would have allowed the vital impulse of plant life to express itself spontaneously.
The metallic “roots,” the mineral walls and floors receive twining plants that coil and climb the sculptural steel forms. The site, formerly occupied by the Clausen brewery, is colonised by twining hops.
Conceived as a geography — a horizontal plane indented by the thrust of vegetation — a deck welcomes visitors to LUCA, strollers and young gardeners alike.

Materials: Steel rebar + timber decking + reclaimed asphalt rammed earth

Luga: Our project, initially intended to be temporary, has been kept in place. LUGA Asbl is the organiser of the first exhibition of urban gardens and landscape installations in Luxembourg, and the commissioner of this project. The landscape creations foster encounters between people and nature in urban settings, bring value to wasteland, reveal existing heritage and engage with a vision of sustainability.

Plants: Vitis coignetiae — Humulus lupulus — Parthenocissus tricuspidata — Parthenocissus quinquifolia — Stipa gigantea — Calamagrostis acutiflora — Cephalaria gigantea — Cynara cardunculus — Panicum virgatum — Hedera helix Arborescens — Asplenium trichomanes — Sedum acre — Euphorbia cyparissias

Team: Atelier eem and Paysarchitectures have been creating artworks and gardens together for over 10 years. As landscape architects and visual artists, we ingeniously interweave art and landscape, shifting between fields and moving fluidly from one discipline to another. We draw on a range of construction and planning disciplines. From this hybridisation emerge landscape-sculptures — contextual works that reveal the ineffable and offer a singular setting for a wide range of uses.
Of German, Italian and French nationality, working from Paris, we are architects, engineers, artists and landscape designers. In 2019, the peace garden “Le Troisième Train” (“The Third Train”) — awarded 1st prize at the European Garden Award (EGHN) — transformed a clearing in the forest of Compiègne into an artistic garden. In 2023, the adventure continued with “Tra i petri,” an ephemeral work on the citadel of Ajaccio, and “Les Cristaux,” a transformation of public space through aesthetics in Saint-Denis.

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