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Greenery harnesses sunlight and rainwater to spectacular effect — and the best designers are following suit. In addition to introducing 25,000 new plants to Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art, Snøhetta has also enhanced the cultural institution’s grounds (part of the larger University of Texas at Austin campus) with Moody Patio: a forest of 12 fan-like fibreglass sculptures that cultivate their own enchanting relationship with the elements.

A person walks past a row of tall fibreglass sculptures designed by Snohetta and shaped with folded petal caps outside the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin.
Looking out to the tree-like sculptures in the courtyard in front of the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin designed by Snohetta.

When it’s sunny, the shade structures provide relief from the heat while decorating nearby pathways and facades with dappled shadows created by small perforations in each of their petal-shaped panels.

A closeup of the funnel-like caps on the top of the sculptures installed in front of the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin designed by Snohetta.

And when the clouds roll in to the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin,...

Snøhetta Delivers Shade and Rain Filtration Outside an Austin Museum

The architecture firm reimagines the University of Texas at Austin campus grounds with a sculptural canopy.

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