What is Plantscaping?


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Collage. Image Cortesía de Danae Santibáñez

Interior gardens and plants produce many day-to-day benefits, like mood boosting and memory enhancing effects. Interior landscape design, also known as “plantscaping”, is much more than the act of bringing plants indoors; it’s actually about the strategic placement and selection of plant species within an architectural project to highlight and enhance aspects of spatial design. 


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Depending on the plant’s structure and form, different spatial phenomena and effects can be generated.


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For example, tall plants can be used in large spaces to produce focal hierarchies, or groups of plants can create areas for chilling out and/or resting. And, of course, vegetation can help control the thermal and acoustic performance of spaces. 


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© Takumi Ota

In addition to the architectural complement that plants bring to interiors, they are also associated with promoting emotional and environmental benefits for living and working. 


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© Hiroyuki Oki

Here are some examples of projects that use “plantscaping” to achieve spatial, emotional and environmental effects.

House in Chau Doc / NISHIZAWAARCHITECTS


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© Hiroyuki Oki

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© Hiroyuki Oki

© Hiroyuki Oki

© Hiroyuki Oki

Gallery-House / Carles Enrich


© Adrià Goula

© Adrià Goula

© Adrià Goula

© Adrià Goula

© Adrià Goula

© Adrià Goula

© Adrià Goula

© Adrià Goula

Artist Studio in Sonoma / Mork-Ulnes Architects


© Grant Harder

© Grant Harder

© Bruce Damonte

© Bruce Damonte

© Edward Hendricks

© Edward Hendricks

House 24 / Park + Associates


© Edward Hendricks

© Edward Hendricks

© Edward Hendricks

© Edward Hendricks

© Edward Hendricks

© Edward Hendricks

© Edward Hendricks

© Edward Hendricks

Taitung Ruin Academy / Marco Casagrande


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© AdDa Zei

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© AdDa Zei

Desert City / Garciagerman Arquitectos


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Siu Siu – Lab of Primitive Senses / DIVOOE ZEIN Architects


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Cortesía de DIVOOE ZEIN Architects

Cortesía de DIVOOE ZEIN Architects

Cortesía de DIVOOE ZEIN Architects

Cortesía de DIVOOE ZEIN Architects

SISII / Yuko Nagayama & Associates


© Daici Ano

© Daici Ano

© Daici Ano

© Daici Ano

© Daici Ano

© Daici Ano

© Daici Ano

© Daici Ano

LESS House / H.a


© Quang Dam

© Quang Dam

© Quang Dam

© Quang Dam

© Quang Dam

© Quang Dam

House on Pali Hill / Studio Mumbai


© Helene Binet

© Helene Binet

© Helene Binet

© Helene Binet

© Helene Binet

© Helene Binet

Casa Mipibu / Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados


© Edward Hendricks

© Edward Hendricks

© Edward Hendricks

© Edward Hendricks

© Nelson Kon

© Nelson Kon

Blue Bottle Coffee Nakameguro Cafe / Schemata Architects


© Takumi Ota

© Takumi Ota

© Takumi Ota

© Takumi Ota

© Takumi Ota

© Takumi Ota