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Babylone provides vegetation and light for well-being
Babylone provides vegetation and light for well-being
At the Babor Treatment Lounge on Humlegårdsgatan at Stureplan in the middle of Stockholm, the floating plant satellites are an obvious feature of all the available skin therapies. The dimly lit Babylone plant lamps is received by both customers and staff as calming. We know how different types of light intensity and colour temperatures affect our hormone production. However, the research on the emotional impact of light which is called Human Centric Lighting, is still in its early days. In the morning and evening, our daily rhythm is affected by low light intensity and colour temperature, we become more alert in the middle of the day when levels are significantly stronger. Until electric light became a matter of course, our working hours were controlled almost entirely by natural light. On the other hand, the fact that the electric light allows night work has been shown to affect people’s daily rhythm and sleep more than we thought.

Time for pruning and planting at Stockholm City´s first vertical garden
Time for pruning and planting at Stockholm City´s first vertical garden
The lush living wall that adorns the facade at the corner of Drottninggatan / Mäster Samuelsgatan just next to Sergels Torg gives life to a dull urban environment in the midst of Stockholm. Three years after the inauguration, the vertical garden serves as a portal to Drottninggatan, Sweden’s most visited commercial street. When Greenworks, by the property owner Vasakronan and the architects at Nyréns, was commissioned to erect the 70 square meter green lush façade lot, with 2,500 plants of some forty varieties, it was fully in line with Stockholm City’s goal to strengthen the green structure and biodiversity.
”This time the maintenance procedure is a little faster, we can do it in 6 hours,” says Jens Öqvist, landscape engineer at Greenworks who equipped with secateurs, staple gun, scissors, headlamp and protective harness slides up almost 30 meters to be able to prune and remove old flowers and plants.

Living shop environment with plants on the wall
Living shop environment with plants on the wall
Greenworks supplies H&M on Gustav Adolf’s square in the middle of Malmö with greenery. Nature moves inside at Sweden’s third largest city, and Hennes & Mauritz gets a unique indoor environment that distinguishes it from all other clothing stores.
– The idea was to create a living wall that is more than just a green wall, Jens Öqvist explains, landscape engineer at Greenworks. The intention was to create a vertical garden with a three-dimensional depth that captures contrasts and soft shapes.
The living wall serves as a backscene of the two escalators that link the floors together and becomes an eyecatcher in a world of clothes. At 60 square meters there are 18 different plant species. Jens, who also has an background in industrial economics, points to a number of parameters in addition to the more artistic and aesthetic aspects.

Scandinavia's largest living wall project is given added value
Twenty-eight living walls, contributed to the fact that Biomedicum managed to win the ‘Building of the Year’ Award this spring. Greenworks' living walls, that spread over nine floors, has added to C.F. Møller's architectural idea of ’Park in House’, transforming the sterile lab environments into lush vertical gardens. When scientists and students meet at the coffee stations the living walls brings a soothing feeling and is often the subject of conversation while they contribute with cleaner air and better acoustics. Perhaps there is a possibility to add some edible plants and herbs as well?
- They are beautiful, but also give significantly better air, Dagmar Galter at the Department of Neuroscience explains. We usually take pictures here when someone has nailed their thesis!
- The variety of lush plants and the fact that the foliage is hanging out and spreading is lovely, my colleague Katrin Wellfelt says, the wilder the better, it should not be too strict. Imagine if it had been artificial flowers, it would not have given the same feeling at all.


Living walls abound in Biomedicum
Building of the year 2019
Indoor living walls is a recurring theme through Biomedicum, the new laboratory building at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Greenworks has provided 28 plantwalls on 600 square meters with more than 20 000 plants as a backdrop to causal meeting and coffee places for researchers and students in 9 stories. As such, it's the largest indoor living wall project in Scandinavia. Biomedicum is one of the largest laboratories in Europe and a hub for cross-disciplinary experimental research. The building, which houses some 1 700 people, won the Swedish Building of the Year Award 2019 in a tight competition among 20 nominated projects.


Biomedicum wins the Building Of The Year 2019 award
We are proud to announce that one of our projects just won a very important award
Since the start, Greenworks has focused on the advantages of plants and what effects they have on the environment we live in. Greenworks is honored to have designed and built Scandinavia's largest indoor plantwall project, at Karolinska Institutet's new research center Biomedicum.
The building houses 28 plantwalls on 10 floors with 20,000 plants or 30 different species.
For more information please visit the following pages:
https://www.akademiskahus.se/aktuellt/nyheter/2019/03/biomedicum-vinner-arets-bygge-2019/
https://www.skanska.se/om-skanska/press/nyheter/biomedicum-blev-en-succe/

Vertical Gardens in Scandinavia
A solution to increase the green area factor in urban areas
Since the start, Greenworks have focused on the advantages of plants and what effects it has on the environment we live in. It all started with the Moving Hedge in 2009 as a room divider with plants. Now Greenworks have evolved further with competences in design and landscape engineering. Greenworks have been involved in the construction of many outdoor projects already and have been the main contractor at the corner of Drottninggatan and Mäster Samuelsgatan in Stockholm city with the client Vasakronan.
Greenworks are participating in discussions about extended public profits in various networks such as: C/O City, www.cocity.org and Samhällsbyggarna www.samhallsbyggarna.org


Greenworks showroom opens in Madrid
Jardines verticales
Greenworks Madrid showroom is full of life where you can surround yourself with unique plants in living furniture and vertical gardens. Among the centerpieces are the pendants Babylone and Bridge. Greenworks Madrid is just a stone's throw away from Arganzuela's Crystal Palace, Madrid's largest greenhouse and one of its best kept secrets. Leonardo discovered this space to be the perfect match with the Greenworks brand.
At present, Greenworks has several resellers and a hundred completed projects in Europe. In the last two years, Greenworks opened up to collaborations with committed and competent actors on the continent.

Fun with green
at Telia
At Telias new headquarter at Mall of Scandinavia the energy level is high when the three thousand employees enters the building. In the colourful reception our living wall - a mix of plants and reindeer moss - binds together various elements in the seating area, including digital fishes (!!) Crazy but fun! Based on the concept Skogsträdgården by Reflex Architects, Greenworks has together with Nordic Green Design been appointed to carry out this project.

Bridge pendant
Bridge is not only a great desk light, it´s also a creative way to incorporate greenery into your environment, creating endless variations. Light spread is medium and radiates plentiful of full spectrum light suitable for any work or- reception desk. Or why not in a dining area placing fresh herbs in the Bridge.


Vertical garden in Mölndal
at Mölndal Galleria
Mölndal Galleria is committed to becoming the first environmentally certified shopping mall in Gothenburg region, according to the international standard BREEAM, level 'Very Good'. We were commissioned by NCC in cooperation with Ambius to project and construct a vertical garden around a two story arcade.

Babylone LED pendant
Babylone is a spherical plexi-glass pendant with room for plants. The sphere has openings that allows stems and leaves to meander out of the globe. A plethora of plants can be used for a unique expression. The full spectrum light source satisfies the plants and creates a pleasant atmosphere. We recommend to use a mineral rich and high water retention substrate.


Lush vertical garden
at Telenor's Stockholm head office
When Telenor Sweden moved into their new headquarters, they implemented an activity-based approach. The goal is to increase the interaction between the employees, and to encourage to more spontaneous meetings, enhancing creativity and efficiency. Norwegian interior-architects, ‘ Romlaboratoriet’ have designed the space with a focus on openness and use of the buildings great natural light and views.
In this project Greenworks had a few aspects to consider, 2 large led-screens, and a wall-mounted leather sofa beneath. We wanted to create a green and lush plantscape with a minimum of maintenance. We, as well as the client, are very satisfied with the result.


2m2 Green Screen
our brand new living furniture
Our 2M2 Green Screen is an elegant screen for plants. Easily wall-mounted and light weight makes 2M2 perfect for various spaces. The irrigation tank in a matt powder coated stainless steel can be exposed as a discrete piece. As an option we can deliver by measure to fit inside your cabinet or under your work desk.
The choice of suitable plants is broad - and we can provide complete designs to pick from. 2M2 is available in vertical or horizontal format.
This slim vertical garden is already revitalising an increasing number of workplaces around Scandinavia.

Urban plantscaping
By Sara Wenkel
A great eye for plants and design, cloud-based irrigation control, all recycled materials – there are many reasons why Greenworks makes a difference to their clients, both from an aesthetic point of view and through...read more

15 Creative ideas for room dividers
By contemporist.com
These plant walls are a great way to divide spaces because they offer sound absorption and purify the air. Open spaces are great for a number of reasons. In offices they facilitate collaboration and communication, and in homes it keeps things flowing and bright...read more

Trädgårdsdags på Drottninggatan
By Victoria Wahlberg
Efter ett par veckors intensiva förberedelser har en vertikal trädgård växt fram rakt över våra huvuden i hörnet Drottninggatan/Mäster Samuelsgatan. Med stort fokus på vår nordiska flora är tanken att trädgården ska tillföra...read more

Concrete plant pots for urban green living
By Jessica Jungbauer
Designer Caroline Brahme has invented a product that consists of concrete blocks hosting green plants, entitled ‘Grey To Green’. When thinking about the growing population in the urban environment...read more

"A room within a room" exhibition during Stockholm design week 2016
By MAKEDA
During Stockholm Design Week, Makeda will, together with molo by Greenworks and Pellington Design, transform the lobby of hotel Scandic Malmen. By experimenting with materials, shapes, and structures...read more

"A greener city life"
By Anita Karlsson
Greenworks is a company devoted to bringing the aesthetic and health benefits of plants into the city. Theay are known for their know-how in intehrating green vertical designs in all types of...read more

Plant wall by Greenworks
By Retail Design Blog
In case you have wall surfaces that you want to be covered by plants, we can tailor make your particular wall with your preferences of plants. In these cases we do the whole installation of a plant wall and its irrigation...read more

Pendant lamp that lights, Grows & Cleans The Air: Babylone By Greenworks
By Kimberley Mok
Conventional office spaces have the unfortunate reputation of being drab, cubicled places, often cursed with poor air quality and lacking in any cheerful greenery. Even if your boss missed the memo on how improving...read more

De Hade Sveriges Fulaste Kontor
By Jenny Shield
Stockholmspolisens utredningskontor på Södermalm fick i år den föga smickrande utmärkelsen "Årets fulaste kontor". Tävlingen arrangeras för sjätte året i rad av Struktur i samarbete med en svensk inredningstidning...read more

När trädgården flyttar in
By Anastasia Vesterberg
Per Berglund och Lisa Wacklin grundade verksamheten Greenworks förra sommaren. Allt började med att Per ville skaffa en växtvägg till sin lokal.– Vi hade hård betong överallt och tanken på en växtvägg som......read more

Kontor som säljargument
ByRedaktionen
Nu gör Skandia bank och försäkring sitt eget conceptstore. På Kungsgatan 28 i Stockholm har Skandia byggt ett kontor i grönt. Det är murgröna, gröna och rosa sittkuddar, mjuka material och ljust trä. Johan Hopstadius...read more

Swedish Design in bank of the future
By David Carlson
What will client meetings of the future look like? How do you build a space for committed and personal meetings? BVD Design & Branding created a multifunctional space in Skandiabanken’s new branch in central...read more

Herbal architecture
By Susanne Fritz
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon went down in history as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Vertical gardens were then, as they still are today, signs of innovative architecture. Modern planting systems allow you...read more

Greenworks: plants water themselves with new plant pot
By Jonna Dagliden
Stockholm – Dead plants will soon be a sorrow of the past. Greenwork’s ‘Moving Hedge’ is the world’s first self-watering, mobile plant wall. A tank built into the structure, which only requires refilling every five weeks...read more

Greenworks self-watering living wall system
By Bridgette Meinhold
Green walls are not only spectacularly beautiful, but they also help enliven a space, humidify the air, and process toxins. We loved this simple and modular living wall by Greenworks, a design duo from Stockholm...read more