The brief
utch designer Erik Funneman had to visit the site of this city garden in Utrecht twice before a vision began to emerge. “When I got there, it was full of building materials and plastic covering,” he explains. “It was quite difficult to make something out of it” . It was paved with cheap concrete bricks, with no areas for plants. “The garden didn’t fit the space,” he says. “We had to remove everything.” Aside from a few specifics – a vertical garden, some water, plants to attract birds and a space to sit – the clients gave Erik a lot of creative freedom with the design. “It was not a very promising space,” he says. “They
