8 June 2015
More
than 173,000 pots of plants and herbs form a flower carpet in front of
the city hall in Antwerp, Belgium. To celebrate the 450th anniversary of
the Antwerp city hall, artist Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven selected 31
different species to create a design of large geometric figures in
bright sixties colors. Van Kerckhoven found inspiration in the
Renaissance floor of the Plantin-Moretus museum and in a map of the city
by the river Scheldt, which dates from 1575, and includes the river
bend. The carpet measures 60 by 30 meters
AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert
