During the covid pandemic I used to make long walks in the forest - not much else to do. So did everybody else. The vienna forest was full of people who probably would not normally hike but everybody was enjoying the calming effect of nature in contrast to the chaos and uncertainty of the pandemic.

I noticed these little huts made of branches appear all over the forest at the same time. It felt like the people building them tried to capture the feeling of safety and calmness. They build their own little safe haven in a sea of trees - their personal oasis.

This is my starting point for the concept of my "Primitive Hut Oasis Project" (PHOP), I felt quite inspired by these structures (which in meantime after the pandemic faded out began falling appart in the forest without new ones being built). Following the PHOP I think that the concept of personal oasis is very close to our primal needs and whishes. Even clouded by all the colourful and flashy inputs and by our evergrowing desire to achieve and own more and more complex things in the end it all comes back to very basic needs - safety, personal space (which during COVID was essential as the danger was out there) and molding matter and space in accord with our creative ideals. That´s the feelings I want to recreate with my PHOP.