The spaces range from an executive office and conference room to a break room and cubicle space complete with filing cabinets. The foliage-covered offices are located in Denver’s 16th Street business district. They were sponsored by the eco footwear company KEEN and built with the help of a local green roof company. Tres Birds used all natural greenery and spent a lot of time hand sewing sedum to make faux quilts to drape over the office furniture to give the scene an overgrown look. All non-living props were obtained from secondhand stores, including an old Canon copier, a water cooler, cubicle walls, a golf set, computers, kitschy knickknacks, coffee mugs, and more. When the installation was over, all of the vegetation was recycled or reused, and the office furniture was redonated to secondhand stores.
It often seems like our working worlds are dominated more by our computer systems, than the natural systems that surround us, so it is nice to see a conceptual piece that is fighting back against this trend. Tres Birds Workshop state:
“Domination implies taking over. If we had it our way, natural systems would dominate entirely. Natural systems operate in perfect efficiency… The further we stray from connections with nature, the more alien we become.”
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Via Treehugger
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The streets of Denver recently burst forth with an overgrown set of desks, cubicles, and conference areas that give a whole new meaning to the term ‘green’ office. While they can’t boast about paperless systems, energy-saving strategies, or waste work
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The spaces range from an executive office and conference room to a break room and cubicle space complete with filing cabinets. The foliage-covered offices are located in Denver’s 16th Street business district.
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They were sponsored by the eco footwear company KEEN and built with the help of a local green roof company. Tres Birds used all natural greenery and spent a lot of time hand sewing sedum to make faux quilts to drape over the office furniture to give the
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When the installation was over, all of the vegetation was recycled or reused, and the office furniture was redonated to second hand stores.
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It often seems like our working worlds are dominated more by our computer systems, than the natural systems that surround us, so it is nice to see a conceptual piece that is fighting back against this trend.
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Tres Birds Workshop states:
“Domination implies taking over. If we had it our way, natural systems would dominate entirely. Natural systems operate in perfect efficiency… The further we stray from connections with nature, the more alien we become.”
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The distinct green office spaces look startling in contrast to the concrete office blocks that surround them.
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The Tres Birds Workshop’s work contains a range of exciting architectural installations that make you consider your surroundings. The visual impact of their work is often strong in relation to its surroundings.
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The spaces may not have taken up a large area, however their impact was significant in reminding people to rethink their time spent at their own desks.
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