Planters have surely exceeded their roles as just components for keeping (and growing) plants. This trend is quite evident from designer Joe Levy and his team’s ‘Hexo Garden’ project (under direction from the Wellington City Council). With a conscientious aim to improve the circulation as well as landscaping credentials of public house gardens, the project entails the creation of modular yet multi-functional planters. As a result, the design team conceived a collection of triangular planters that can be arranged in various customized patterns preferred by the user.
According to the designers, the triangular shape of these planters were borne out of observational research. A part of this case study was dedicated to finding out the functional yet spatially effective scope of outdoor planters. In this regard, the low space consuming triangular planters can be joined with each other to form specific garden areas and seating areas, all within the ambit of a public house’s small outdoor space.
These specific user created areas are not just limited to a two-dimensional garden plane. Even from the perspective of elevation, the planters can be stacked atop each other to create variant heights in the garden. Such height variations endow a degree of dynamic essence to the outdoors, thus enhancing the overall scope of user-landscape interaction and circulation in the oft ignored gardens.
Via: Behance
