BIODIVERSITY PATH
ARTIS
What is biodiversity, really? Ask around and most people will give you a vague answer. Something about nature, maybe? ARTIS came to us with a clear mission: to design five playful installations for young children that explore exactly this topic, biodiversity.
- Location
- Amsterdam (NL)
- Client
- ARTIS
- Year
- 2025
The installations are placed along a garden path that hums with bees and insects during spring and summer.
A healthy ecosystem is resilient, but many are under serious pressure, both globally and here in the Netherlands. When one or two species disappear, the system might hold. But if too many vanish, the balance collapses. In one installation, children can move pebbles between turning wheels to see what happens when one or even two wheels stop moving.
Three-part collage
The installations are placed along a garden path that hums with bees and insects during spring and summer. These species are part of ongoing scientific research at ARTIS, and the path becomes a living example of biodiversity in action.
Each setup is a small, tactile puzzle, fun and intuitive for children, while quietly teaching their parents what that big word biodiversity actually means.
