Offices with Integrated Greenery: 7 Notable Examples
Greengrass Office / Plainoddity. Image © Hong Kiwoong
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Offices have evolved tremendously in recent years. They are becoming more and more like a domestic space, incorporating new color palettes, flexible furnishings, warm textures, and even greenery as part of the design. In the latter case, it is not simply an aesthetic addition, but the greenery is integrated in such a way that it completely transforms and enhances the work experience of the people inside. How can plants become protagonists of the workspace? Let’s review 7 cases that creatively integrate them in favor of the well-being of users.
For the Loft Office project, jvantspijker architects have renovated an old industrial warehouse, and vegetation is an essential part of the intervention. A series of pots enliven the upper space, taking advantage of the ceiling’s height to create a relaxing garden over the meeting room, which also helps to absorb the natural sound of a workday.
Loft Office / jvantspijker. Image © René de Wit
Loft Office / jvantspijker
In A Hidden Garden Behind the Concrete Walls by Muxin Design, the circular furnishings are surrounded by vegetation planted in situ, turning the interior landscape into a kind of working ‘forest’: “The original space design was inadequate, streamlined and with multiple irregular shapes that generated dead spaces. […] The designers abandoned the idea of traditional cubicles and, instead, they aligned desks and shelves in a curved way and moved the ‘forest’ to the office, thus ending up as an open space with natural vitality.”
A Hidden Garden Behind the Concrete Walls / Muxin Design. Image © Zhang Daqi
A Hidden Garden Behind the Concrete Walls / Muxin Design. Image © Zhang Daqi
A Hidden Garden Behind the Concrete Walls / Muxin Design
Another subtle system is the incorporation of steel cables for vine growth. In the Sukhman Yagoda Law offices by Vladimir Radutny Architects, this solution has been used inside a central storage unit, as a “translucent green screen that lightens the massiveness of this object by visually suspending it from the heavy wooden beam.”
Sukhman Yagoda Law Offices / Vladimir Radutny Architects. Image © Mike Schwartz Photography
Sukhman Yagoda Law Offices / Vladimir Radutny Architects
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Source: https://www.archdaily.com/973587/offices-with-integrated-greenery-7-notable-examples