Our engagement with Kew Gardens and the Wakehurst Mansion Renovation Project (The Mansion: Undergoing restoration | Kew) represented a pivotal moment for our team, creating an outdoor art installation to screen the biggest renovation works undertaken at Wakehurst since the 1970s.
A key requirement of the project was to work in partnership with key delivery stakeholders including restoration experts DBR and acclaimed artist, Catherine Nelson who had created the vision for ‘Planet Wakehurst’, a huge photo montage that would feature plants from across the 535-acre estate.
Taking over 3 months to erect scaffolding around the main public facing elevation of the mansion was then clad in a flat hoarding structure providing a unique blank canvas and opportunity to create the largest art installation ever undertaken by the team at Kew Gardens.
The resulting 1500+ sqm building wrap was finally unveiled in early 2023, an incredible installation born out of close collaboration and attention to perfect detail.