3 OF THE BEST: NATURE INSTALLATIONS

FOREST FOR CHANGE

By the time designers from 50 countries

unveil their responses to director Es Devlin’s ‘Resonance’ theme at this year’s London Design Biennale, the courtyard of Somerset House will be transformed with 400 trees. Designed by Devlin as a way to spotlight the UN’s Global Goals, ‘Forest For

Change’ is a rallying call to ‘counter the attitude of human dominance over nature’.

1-27 June (londondesignbiennale.com).

THE FORKED FOREST PATH

He installed a blazing sun in Tate Modern’s

Turbine Hall, turned rivers green and pumped fog into galleries across the globe, but Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson’s latest project has a quieter feel. Conceived over 20 years ago and now brought to Brighton’s Fabrica gallery, ‘The Forked Forest Path’ will see visitors wind through rooms filled with locally sourced branches and saplings.

18 May-20 June (fabrica.org.uk).

MARBLE ARCH HILL

While much talk around the great return

to central London has focused on pedestrianisation, Dutch architectural firm MVRDV has devised an unusual plan to coax us back into town this summer. Part viewing platform and part nature

installation, Marble Arch Hill is a 25-metre-tall forested mound, offering panoramic views of the monument and

city beyond (mvrdv.nl/projects).