HOUSE OF NATURE

The Landmark House of Nature was commissioned by the City council of Lommel, one of the councils making up the National park Bosland. There was previously no clear entry point into the National park from Lommel, the council wanted an imposing gateway that could be seen from afar and would form a sustainable Landmark.

The main goal was to create a single point of entry into the National park Bosland, a gateway which could be used as a focal meeting place to bring visitors together from where they could enter the National park in a safe environment.

The importance of the project as an artwork is to integrate Nature, Landscape Architecture, local wildlife and Art, bringing a much-needed Landmark to the park and leaving a sustainable and innovative Land Art sculpture for the local population and visiting tourists.

At the same time as being a gateway, House of Nature is also a meeting place and a picknick location for the community and visitors to come together and take a moment to appreciate the nature around them.
The unique organic design and rhythmic movement of the artwork flows into the landscape and effortlessly integrates into the landscape despite its enormous size.

The focal point of the artwork is a spatial human figure. Will Beckers places the human form in a central position, symbolically reflecting Nature as our house. The work of Art symbolizes the continuity of this mutual interdependence. Will alludes to the metamorphose that takes place in this relationship and the alternating outcome of this for Nature,
House of Nature’s unique design and stature embraces the integration between Nature, Landscape Architecture, local wildlife and Art, bringing a much-needed Landmark to the National Park Bosland and leaving a sustainable and innovative Land Art sculpture for the local population and visiting tourists.