Floating Forest

Winning Design Competition Entry Selected for Construction at the UMLAF Museum + Sculpture Garden as an Interior Installation

Austin TX, Spring 2024

Project Team: Fatima Betts, Kate Dibble, Nicole Mwei

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The exhibition, titled "Floating Forest," features 28 wool felt trees that create an immersive forest in the UMLAUF’s main exhibition space. It's an interactive experience, where the trees illuminate as visitors approach and dim as they move away.

What adds an extra layer of excitement for us is that this marks the first-ever occasion for the UMLAUF to feature an installation from an emerging professionals' competition. Not only are we a team of four women launching a gallery installation for the UMLAUF, but we are the first team of architects to have been featured in the main gallery space. It will be up from May 1st to August 4th

Felt Tree Mock-up

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