Companies are creating lush gardens and indoor jungles as a new perk for hybrid workers. Via WiredUK
The other benefit of alfresco landscaping is that organized fun is less necessary. “We don’t really need to plan wine nights or facilitate people getting drunk together, because we have made the spaces so they can enjoy each other's company organically,” says Benjamin Rodrigues Kafka, creative and partnerships director at Atelier Gardens. Instead, there are talks, film screenings.
Indoor biophilic features, which are a lot easier to install than a rooftop garden and are the only option for offices with no allocated outdoor space, also carry clout in the tussle for talent. Deloitte installed a living moss wall and 7,000 plants, one for each member of staff, in its London office., whose portfolio includes the likes of Citymapper and Depop, has installed trees in its King’s Cross HQ.
“There’s little proof to show that plants actually improve air quality—there's a ridiculous NASA study from ages ago that people have misquoted ever since,” says Vibushan Thirukumar, CEO and cofounder of London-based coworking company. “But I think it's the aesthetic people like. It's innate for humans to feel at ease among plants and living things.
Trialling aspects of biophilia paved the way for a more radical and sustainable approach for the second space, which will open in Sutton in 2023. “Instead of air conditioning, which is criminal, we’re going to use thermal massing, mechanical cooling, and high-density materials to control the building’s temperature,” says Thirukumar. Rainwater will be collected for use in toilets, underscoring the aim to have as small of an environmental footprint as possible.
How buildings interact with their surroundings is climbing higher on commercial landlord’s agendas, and the demand is now for built environments like Oru Space and Atelier Gardens that give back in a deeper way, both to the environment and to the local community.
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