Scent Garden, designed by Professor Rodolphe el-Khoury with Drew Adams (MArch 4), James Dixon (MArch '10), and Fadi Masoud (MLA '10) has been published in FORM Magazine's current issue, Designing for the Sense.
 
Scent Garden was commissioned for the 2011 World Horticultural Exposition in Xi’an, China. Scent Garden forms an immersive environment that combines natural elements with embedded, digital technology to delight all the senses while favoring smell. Terraced conifer groves and beds of rosemary and thyme create a visual and tactile connection to Xi'an while deploying a distinct olfactory picture. Against this, motion sensor-activated scent poles diffuse plant extracts to complement these fragrances with exotic accents evoking other locales and creating an olfactory map of China. The Xi’an Scent Garden promises to be both spectacular and intimate. Its constellation of glowing scent poles creates an iconic image that denotes the garden as a public space, while its nuanced sensory readings provide sheltered and individual experiences for visitors.
 
The project is currently under construction and scheduled for public opening in April 2011.
 
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