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This image Oversized plants can create an impression of an urban jungle, which can be especially effective in busy city environments


work with the design language of a space is a really important part of how we create a successful interior scheme.’


In a similar vein, at Te Tokyo EDITION, Toranomon, it was beautiful Asian plant species which were brought together to create a mass of planting around the bar in the double-height lobby and on the sky garden restaurant, where diners and drinkers are seated among more than 500 plants, trees and shrubs of 25 different exotic species including bamboo, Cherry Laurels and Birds of Paradise. Such a degree of planting certainly isn’t for the faint-hearted – it entailed dragging 127 tonnes of fertile soil 23 miles into the heart of the city and then right up to the 38th floor; and then there’s the ongoing commitment necessary from the client to water and care for the plants.


‘Understanding how planting can work with the design language of a space is a really important part of how we create a successful interior scheme’


For Mexican restaurant Cavita, which has two outdoor terraces and a garden of plants hanging in baskets from the ceiling, Camila Rodrigues of COR London faced a different challenge – the London climate. ‘Plants are extremely important to us as a studio,’ she explained. ‘We love including them in our designs, not only for the aesthetic, but also as there is so much research to support that they increase wellbeing and provide a sense of tranquillity in spaces. Te ceiling garden plants were all selected in collaboration with Conservatory Archives to soften the ceiling space and create an urban jungle with a loose, organic feel indoors. We wanted the hanging plants to be at various heights to create a layered look with different textures and variegations and loved the impact this created.


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