COMMERCIAL PROJECT

Glamping Lounge Planting for a Corporate HQ in Germany

Project Background

A corporate headquarters in Germany converted an upper-floor terrace into a glamping-style breakout lounge: traveller's palm, areca and cactus groupings from 2 m to 3 m with fern and moss underplanting, graded gravel, and a lighting scheme that switches the same space between a bright day scene and a warm night scene.

Specifications

Species	Traveller's palm, areca palm, cactus groupings, ferns and moss
Height range	2–3 m feature units, layered understory
Setting	Semi-covered corporate terrace, floor-to-ceiling glazing
Lighting	Dual scene: daylight and warm-lamp evening scene
Base	Gravel bed with moss underplanting, weighted bases
Maintenance	Zero watering; foliage re-dressing on an annual cycle

Client Challenge

An enclosed terrace with floor-to-ceiling glazing bakes in summer and sits in shade in winter — no live planting mix survives both. The lounge also had to photograph as two different spaces for corporate communications: a bright daytime setting for events and a warm, lantern-lit scene for evening hospitality.

Solution

The planting palette was chosen for the glazing's light extremes: UV-tolerant palms and cacti carry the volume, fern and moss grades fill the shaded floor plane. Because every unit is preserved foliage, the day and night scenes are set purely by lighting — the same trees read as a jungle lounge under the sun and a warm camp under the lanterns.

Site & Installation Photos

Final Installation