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Organic Architecture - Orquideorama Gardens (GALLERY)
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In Medellin, Columbia, a couple of architects needed to renovate their garden. It’s not just any garden, it’s called the Orquideorama. What seems to be wicker is actually steel to support self sustaining gardens.
“Architects Felipe Mesa and Alexander Bernal wanted the Orquideorama to grow in the same way that a garden seeds and develops, with one ‘flor-árbol’ popping up next to another,” Inhabit explains.
The gardens have 14 interconnected modular structures which serve many functions, from event halls to butterfly reserves and flower gardens. The design is truly organic in structure and implementation.
Each “flor-árbol” is composed of a steel reinforced trunk and six hexagonal petals that form an intricately latticed patio. The plants situated beneath each trunk are sustained via rainwater collected by the petals, and are protected from the elements by the translucent pine wood weave that is sourced from reforested lands. Taken as a whole, the Orquideorama is a delicate display of the relationship and structural similarities between architecture and living organisms.
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