“Plant-in City” Art Installation Uses Stackable Terrariums To Create a Lush Urban Environment

These amazing installations will soon be populating a gallery space in Manhattan when Plant-in-City create an audible wilderness of nature and sound.

The concept from Med44 is to create an alternative green space where modern terrariums form a lush skyline filled with the sounds of plants to immerse visitors in the unique space.

They plan a rare combination of plants and technology, complete with built-in sensors activated by the sun, changes in soil moisture, and humidity, that translate the surrounding environment into a brilliant audible landscape.

Here's for the technical bit: the team say they will incorporate "a system of stacked or interconnected planter frames equipped with an embedded microcomputer (Arduino) and a series of sensors that detect changes" in the environment. And to make the space an interactive showroom, they have brought in iPhone technology to power the Plant-in City.