The four trees designed by Buehrer Wuest arch into a steel canopy topped with a geometric roof that resembles the shapes created in cell division. The greenhouse as a whole is specifically designed to match the surrounding natural environment and even to grown with it.
Glass hangs from the steel branches, demarcating various planting areas and enclosing the greenhouse. Inside are a variety of subtropical plants, including bananas and papaya, which could never grow alone in the typically cold climate more suited to rustic alpine lodges and winter fires!
+ Buehrer Wuest Architekten
Via Dezeen
images by Markus Bertschi
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Switzerland doesn’t normally invoke images of lush subtropical plants, but this striking greenhouse designed by Buehrer Wuest Architekten allows bananas and papayas to flourish in these northern climes. Inspired by shapes and structures found in nature,
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The Gruningen greenhouse was built to exist in harmony with the surrounding environment
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Four five meter tall steel trees provide the main structural support
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The stumps then arch into a canopy of steel branches
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The entire structure is then topped with a geometric roof
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The site plan shows how the design vaguely mimics cell division