The New York Earth Room

Walter De Maria’s New York Earth Room is a permanent interior sculpture in a loft at 141 Wooster Street in New York City, where since 1977 3,600 square feet have been filled with 250 cubic yards of earth to a depth of 22 inches. Developed from an earlier Earth Room created in Munich in 1968 with Heiner Friedrich, it began in New York as a temporary exhibition before remaining in place. Friedrich later helped secure its future through the Dia Art Foundation. Its significance lies in enclosing a vast field of soil within an urban loft, sustained through long-term care and stewardship.

New York, New York · United States