In 2024 I was invited to make a public commission job for the small town Ramme, close to Lemvig, Denmark.

The project was initiated by The Danish Arts Council and Lemvig municipality. The assignment was to transform an empty lot next to the train station in Ramme.

The goal was a sustainable art project, where the focal point was recycling and transformation. Specifically, materials and bricks from the demolition of the two houses that use to be on the lot, which will be reused in the art project and transformed into something new.

The train runs through the city and Stationsvej 4-6 is located right next to the station, where the older schoolchildren take the train from Ramme to Lemvig every day in the morning and return in the afternoon.

I designed a park, which could work as an open-air waiting room for the train station. The overall aesthetic inspiration was taken from crocheted doily, an ornamental mat used to protect surfaces. Doilies used to be popular decorative elements in every Danish home, but today they seem out of fashion and can therefore be found for next to nothing in every second-hand store. I wanted to give a tribute to this neglected piece of handcrafted beauty, to the hours and hours our grandmothers spend on creating them. The Doily was also used as a symbol of life in the countryside and small towns, the importance of creating ties between us, and let the gaps between houses create beautiful patterns in new connections.

The park is divided into two sections. The first section consisted of a 16-meter-long fence in Corten steel and with posts made from used train tracks. The fence was laser-cut with doily patterns. In front of the fence is a casted concrete bench in 3 different levels, as a playful sitting area. On the bench there are several bronze casted doilies. 3 flowerbeds were made as a communal project with local citizens. A path around the bench and continuing down to the second section of the park, was made from recycled granite tiles. In the second section I designed plant basins in a circle formation, made from recycled bricks from the 2 houses that used to be on the lot. All plants in the circle basins are eatable. Surrounding the circle, we planted 5 cherry trees. The entire park is surrounded by an Aronia hedge, which is also an eatable plant.

The Waiting room was inaugurated in June 2025.

The project was supported by The Danish Arts council