The Charity Tree, Budapest

The Charity Tree

(Budapest, Hungary) 2014

#Installation

The exterior of the Charity Tree, Budapest

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#Installation

The Charity Tree

(Budapest, Hungary) 2014

‘Inside the tree there is a chapel-like sacred inner space, where everybody can find some silence to contemplate in the middle of a buzzing city’, Said the designers (Hello wood builds Christmas tree from 5000 pieces of firewood, 2014)

Designed by Hello Wood, the 11 meter tall Christmas tree in a square in Budapest, Hungary, was commissioned for the community and to raise awareness about the Hungarian families who struggle for heating. As a figure of unity, the Christmas tree is a object that we congregate around at Christmas. The entire 15,000 kg of wood was donated to the local families of Budapest as firewood.

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Bibliography:

Hello wood builds Christmas tree from 5000 pieces of firewood (2014) Available at: http://www.dezeen.com/2014/12/21/hello-wood-charity-christmas-tree-firewood-budapest/ (Accessed: 18 February 2016).

Images:Alicia Mae Waknell (14^th December 2015)