Art in Architecture, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin – Buch, since 2015

With her work, Ulrike Mohr addresses the principle of chirality, or handedness. Both sculptures depict a model of the molecule “Carvone,” which naturally occurs in the forms (D)-Carvone (pictured) and its mirror image (R)-Carvone, and smells of peppermint or caraway, respectively. The molecules are composed of white-painted metal spheres that represent the chiral structural formula of carvone. In line of sight to the two molecules, narrow long beds with peppermint and caraway plants run through the polygonal green spaces in front of the opposite building of the Berlin ultrahigh-field facility of the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of MDC and Charité. The selection of caraway and peppermint varieties is based on a plant collection from Charlemagne. Caraway and mint are ancient medicinal and spice plants that create a connection to the history of the campus as a research and former hospital site.