2020

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Kinderkrippe Armanspergerstraße 3, 81545 München

Ornamente aus lasiertem Kalkmarmorputz

Ornaments made of glazed Venetian plaster: three- and four-leafed clovers cover the walls of the stairwell from the first to the second floor; diameter around 50 cm. Ceramic objects: egg deposit on a leaf; caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly illustrate the metamorphosis of the butterfly in the parents’ waiting room

Architecture: Andreas Wurm Architekt München

Landscape architecture: Richard Pregler Landschaftsarchitekt, München

Photos: Henning Koepke

Text: Roberta de Righi

Anyone seeking good fortune in the form of a four-leaf clover will break into a blissful smile here: the walls of the stairwell at the day care center on Armannsbergstrasse are strewn with around a hundred oversized three- and four-leafed clovers. Lucky Clover & Butterfly is the name given by the Munich-based artist Scarlet Berner to her public artwork, which—with its white on white—makes the room even brighter.

The artist envisioned her work as a kind of 3D tapestry pattern extending over the building’s three floors. The shamrocks were stenciled to the white walls in a layer of gypsum[AM1]  plaster up to 1.5 centimeters thick. The result is a flat relief with a strong sculptural effect, whose hand-shaped surface texture is a charming contrast to the smooth wall.

The larger four-leaf and smaller three-leaf clovers are applied in alternating rows, but the order does not appear regular to the eye, because the direction the stairs take means that only fragments of some leaves can be seen. With longer observation, the imagination turns a four-leaf shamrock into a cloud—or a butterfly at rest.

The eponymous insect, however, can be found in the parents’ waiting room. Here, the artist depicts the four stages of development for a scale-winged insect, from egg to chrysalis to caterpillar to butterfly. In contrast to the clover, Berner designed the larger-than-life butterflies in color, glazing them in green and blue before attaching them to the wall.

This closes the artwork’s contextual circle: the shamrock not only attracts the butterfly, but also provides a cheerful atmosphere. And at the same time, it represents the hope that the children will develop well under the auspices of the lucky clover.

Roberta De Righi