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Editor’s note (March 2021): I’ve been getting some messages regarding the availability and affordability of buying an indoor greenhouse. A lot of the items that I feature on Green with Purpose are small-batch, hand-crafted and high-quality products designed and sold by small businesses. Often, all of these attributes lead to pricing that makes the product unaffordable for most of us. And this indoor greenhouse is certainly a great example of good design that comes at a steep price. That’s why I’ve been researching online and found an affordable similar indoor greenhouse sold by Giantex. Keep in mind that this is not the greenhouse featured in this post, but rather an affordable alternative.
Think, for a moment, of all the places you’ve lived. All the apartments, cities, countries. There’s no doubt in my mind that all of them have left an imprint in the way you see your surroundings now. The places that we live in shift something in us; they mould our world view; they sharpen our senses to previously unimaginable observations.
The same happened to the designers at Atelier 2+. Bangkok-based designers Ada Chirakranont and Worapong Manupipatpong moved to Sweden to study at Konstfack, the prestigious university of arts, crafts and design. But in addition to acquiring knowledge and skills, they also absorbed the quintessential Swedish ethos – that of always having nature on their doorstep. And because the harsh weather keeps nature out of reach quite often, green elements make their way indoors. And this is precisely what their gorgeous greenhouse aims for.
The Greenhouse designed by Atelier 2+ is small enough for indoor use but large enough to house a miniature garden. Its creators describe it as “a sculpture that makes room for nature”.
To me, it almost seems like it’s a combination of museum display case and playground full of possibilities. What kind of plants can we bring together in such a protective space? What else can we put in it? How playful can we get within the confines of the box? “Perhaps the size of Greenhouse encourages people to create miniature worlds because it is not large enough for people merely to plant just anything in it. It makes demands on the user, perhaps requiring green fingers or the sensitive touch of a sculptor,” the designers add.
The Greenhouse, available for purchase at Design House Stockholm, is made from lacquered solid ash timber with panes of toughened glass which open up in two hatches. A planting tray made of galvanized metal lines the bottom part of the greenhouse. You can purchase the glass cabinet separately, if you feel like the sculptural height is too much for your home.
For more info: Atelier 2+
Images via: Design House Stockholm
