Earth | Tree Exhibition: CCreate–Kengo Kuma/KKAA
There is a unique Japanese concept that describes sunlight filtering through the leaves of a tree canopy: Komorebi *. Few languages have an equivalent word——but our bodies know the feeling.
Research shows that simply spending time in a forest lowers stress hormones, reduces heart rate and alleviates anxiety, depression and fatigue.
This is the feeling that architect Kengo Kuma/KKAA has turned into a physical space at CC/Copenhagen Contemporary. The installation Earth | Tree is rooted in one of humanity’s most fundamental impulses: the need to seek shelter.
Not as an abstract idea, but as a bodily memory——the feeling of standing beneath a large tree, sheltered from the outside world and the rumination of everyday life.
The tree canopy is a wooden fabric, using only discarded offcut planks from Dinesen that would have otherwise been wasted.
Same goes for the brick stage, where only broken bricks have been used together with a pile of brick waste from the Petersen Tegl production.
The fabric has been donated by Kvadrat, which resembles Japanese washi paper, allowing a translucent connection between front- and side space.
* Komorebi: “木漏れ日”, the gentle sunlight filtering through the trees
Exhibition period: March 28, 2026– Febrary 21, 2027
Refrence: Copenhagen Contemporary
