AUSTIN, Texas -- Ten local architects and designers each created their own version of a “fort” for the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s newly opened Fortlandia exhibit.
- Exhibit open at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Ten local architects and designers participated
- Created artistic “forts” to be on display
“I’m really intrigued in what makes a place magical," said designer James Edward Talbot.
Talbot created a fairy circle and pavilion, to be a space where the imagination can run wild.
“I wanted something that was suggestive, but not dictatorial. And I wanted to see what would you do with it," said Talbot.
It’s one of 10 different forts that make up the newly opened Fortlandia exhibit.
“A fort can be anything you want to you can imagine it to be," said Tanya Zastrow, of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
“We wanted to create the illusion of being hidden in plain sight, to recall childhood memories of playing hide-and-seek and being hidden in clothing racks at the store, that's where the ribbon element comes into it," said architect Lindsay Abati.
Each fort is entirely unique.
“It’s cool because I feel like people's different design inclinations or personalities come through a little bit with each fort," said architect Elizabeth Farrell.
“Each one of them is very special. It's so cool to see some of the similarities, and the vast differences and how innovative the other designers have been," said Abati.
“I think people look at them and they wonder, it makes them wonder and makes them think back to the forts they built as a child, whether they were with logs or branches or blankets in your own living room," said Zastrow.