Concept: Lili CSÁKVÁRI, Mária FEHÉR, Blanka KOMÁROMI
Team Leader: Balázs ALMÁSI, Barnabás TÓTH
Creators: First-year master’s students in Landscape Architecture and Garden Design at the Department of Garden and Open Space Design, MATE TTDI, 2026
Event: Student project as part of the course “Landscape Architecture Graphics and Visual Communication 1.”
Location: Lower Garden of the Buda Arboretum, Budapest
Date: April 30, 2026
Major Sponsor: ORMOS IMRE FOUNDATION
Photos: Balázs ALMÁSI
The glowing wands that appear along the lake’s shore blend seamlessly into the rhythm of the waterside vegetation. They do not stand out as foreign objects in the landscape, but rather nestle almost organically among the plants: at first glance, it is hard to tell whether we are actually seeing something or if the light is simply playing tricks on our eyes.
The power of the installation lies in this duality. The surfaces reflect their immediate surroundings, so at times they almost disappear into the landscape, while at other times they suddenly glisten and become unexpectedly visible. This alternating presence evokes the workings of nature: the way the environment is simultaneously a hidden and revealing, quiet yet constantly changing, pulsating entity.
The work does not impose itself on the landscape but functions as a sensitive complement to it. It draws attention to the fact that the essence of nature is often revealed not in spectacular forms, but in barely perceptible shifts, reflections, and flashes.
