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[ltlwinds]

Las Pozas, Xilitla Mexico

Edward James surrealist garden

[communedesign]

Las Pozas

Spring has arrived! Our research this week is led by the seasonal aspiration to step outside. How does a landscape affect the experience of a structure? How does a structure alter the landscape? We wonder. In so doing, we look to designers who have lived and worked at the meeting point of the outside and the in, of the natural and the fabricated. We turn to the surrealist eccentric, Edward James (1907-1984).

Born with an aristocratic pedigree, James used his inheritance to support a burgeoning interest in the obscure forms of art and architecture: the surreal. James was a poet rejecting the rigidity of the upper class, he was a muse to and supporter of Magritte and Dali, and he was ultimately an inventor of fantastical environments. During the last two decades of his life, he left England and brought this consciousness with him to an eighty-acre site in Xilitla, Mexico. He called it Las Pozas (the Pools).

The structures he commissioned there seem to have been found at the site, that’s part of their success. They emerge organically, entangled within the dense, ripe jungle, as if to beg the visitor to consider whether they’d always been there. That’s their surreal nature. If a champion should emerge from the collision between the concrete and jungle, the champion here seems to be the latter. The canopy of leaves envelopes each structure; the concrete becomes an extension for the vines and the trees to spread. Perhaps it is this submission to the land that’s most beautiful about Las Pozas, the structures are large and striking on their own, but they just as readily serve as a platform for nature to expand.

We’re taking inspiration from this to celebrate the outside world through design. Here are the images we love most.

[djzentao]

Jardin surrealista XXXI by jaropi https://flic.kr/p/x2tWty

[daviddavi09]

Las Pozas | Mexico’s Hidden Surrealist Paradise Where Dreams Come to Life | Urban Wonders

Hidden deep in the jungles of Xilitla, Mexico, Las Pozas is an awe-inspiring surrealist wonderland where art and nature combine in the most enchanting way. Built by British poet and surrealist benefactor Edward James, this garden of dreams comprises giant staircases that go nowhere, mystical stone figures covered with greenery, and waterfalls that flow through an imagination maze. A world where reality is curved and the unattainable seems within reach, Las Pozas is an invitation to a realm of fantasy, beauty, and limitless wonder.

[moon-skin-93]

Las Pozas, Edward James Surrealistic Garden in Xilitla, Mexico

Embrace the surreal at Las Pozas, Edward James Surrealistic Garden in Xilitla, Mexico. Step into a world of wonder and let the artistic brilliance of Edward James transport you to another dimension.

[egertoon]

Las Pozas by renedelagza

Experience the ethereal realm of Las Pozas by renedelagza, where imagination takes form amidst lush landscapes.

[outsidetaiwan]

希利特拉 Xilitla 的超現實主義花園

愛德華詹姆士(Edward James)曾經贊助過超現實主義的畫家達利，而達利說過，愛德華詹姆士是比超現實主義藝術家還瘋狂的人。

這個花園就是愛德華詹姆士自己打造的私人花園，裡面都是他天馬行空的想像。

愛德華詹姆士並沒有真正在花園住過，他只有從英國往返，每次待個三個月左右，居住還是住在鎮上的那間城堡。

這些雕塑都是他手繪圖給木匠，然後他們照著做模型、水泥灌漿，愛德華本身並沒有動手進行雕塑。

但他的這些超現實想像力，讓我逛花園到處都可以看到童心，很開心。導覽約一個半小時，花園裡面的建物很多，各種植物也很多，他可是花了十幾年的時間。他說雕像完成時就是死掉的時候，所以這裡都是算是未完成品。

導遊一面解說一面給我們看以前的照片，以前的顏色好大膽，紅的藍的黃的，現在他過世才幾年，已經都是青苔色了。這裡養護很花錢，不知道還能撐多久。

從鎮上可以步行前來，交通資訊可以參考我在背包客棧的分享。

現在已經不能自由參觀或攀爬，在園區必須跟隨著導覽。門票是135披索，可以事先線上買票，每半小時的人數限制是50人，英文導覽只有上午十點和下午三點的時段會有，西文導覽則是每個時段都會有。

這裡門票只是控制入場人數，進去後還要另外付導覽費用，西文團是25披索，其他英文法文義文都是50披索，導覽是強制性的。

[igtravelbook]

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