As part of a semester-long development of a design proposal for a botanic garden and conservatory, I did an analysis of the Uppsala Botanic Garden, at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. This botanic garden was first used by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century as he developed his famous plant classification system, Systema Naturae based on the sexual reproduction of flowering plants.  The garden design is based on traditional French parterres, each one devoted to one of the various types of plant reproduction. A series of conceptual models based on the plant-to-patron relationships in the garden were developed, as well as a large-scale reproduction of Linnaeus’ taxonomic system, highlighting the different reproductive possibilities of flowering plants.

UTSOA, Fall 2011

Model photos by Ben Ruggiero.

Sketch of the Linnaean Classification System

Diagram of the Uppsala Botanic Garden Parterres and Circulation Paths

Diagram of Plant Classification in the Botanic Garden

Diagram of Espalier

Conceptual Model of Plant to Patron Relationship

Model of the 24 different types of plant reproduction

Linnaen’s Systema Sexuale in Plexiglass

Detail of Linnaean order and classes of plants

Stamens and Pistils