The motif depicts turbulent flow lines that arise when a flow passes three square objects placed in a row.
The work connects to Södra Änggården as a place in motion, where people, the city, and nature meet and intersect. The lines spreading across the roof surface can be read as traces of movement—not only in a physical sense, but as a way to understand how we move through spaces, past one another, and between different environments.
By combining the expression of sgraffito—a thousand-year-old technique where patterns are scraped out in layers—with data-visualized turbulent flows, craftsmanship and digital technology come together in the same design.
At the same time, there is a clear connection to nature’s own systems. Turbulent patterns recur in wind, water, and air currents around buildings. What appears here as etched lines are otherwise invisible forces that constantly shape our surroundings. By translating these phenomena into a physical, tactile surface, the work makes the invisible visible—a concrete visualization of forces at work in both nature and the built environment, at the intersection of science, materials, and everyday experience.
Its placement in the suspended ceiling allows one to move parallel to the flow. The body becomes part of the work, and movement through the space is reflected in the patterns above.
– I hope the artwork can invite passersby to marvel and reflect on their own place in our ever-changing fabric of movement and time.
Turbulens (Eng: Turbulence)
Location: Södra Änggården, Göteborg.
Plaster, Tricoya MDF, steel, aluminium, LED-lights.
Year: 2026
Artist: Jesper Wachtmeister
Client: Månsson Fastigheter
Contractors: Linnémålarna/Celander Göteborg, Devoco, Hede Ateljé.
Curatorial work: Min-Jung Jonsson
