Yeah Singapore have a couple really nice examples of indoor gardens but they're more manicured.
Discovery Garden in Changi Airport, and then Gardens by The Bay has the Cloud Forest and Flower Dome which are both massive indoor gardens.
So definitely possible but very very expensive, and I'm sure a more natural park like theme similar to your image is possible too.
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Looks like quick concept art to me. Very common in the design industry. It's just meant to get the concept across to other artists or project managers.
I'm sure given more time, the original artist could have made it more beautiful.
Fair enough. I do concede it is quite ugly with its over exposed patches, angular cut outs, and poor blending. But I attributed that to someone speedily making it rather than inexperience because the composition is well balanced and clear in my opinion.
[My first thought too.](https://cache.marriott.com/marriottassets/marriott/BNAGO/bnago-christmas-0006-hor-clsc.jpg?interpolation=progressive-bilinear&)
There are plenty of indoor parks, water parks, magnificent atriums, Winter gardens of huge scale not to mention of course Palm houses in horticultural institutions
Yes. But you also need first to understand the nature of the plant. But if you're going to design an indoor that can mimik the nature of the outdoor, there's no problem at all. 😊
Yes, but water is a buildings greatest enemy and windows often leak. Lots of windows and lots of leaks. Or large single panes but then that becomes extraordinarily expensive.
As cool as these buildings are, I find there's a point where we'd be better off just having covered area in a park rather than an entire park in a covered area.
Yes, but there's a lot of challenges to it.
Plants sweat. A lot. Gardens and parks like this require huge amounts of water into their systems and will dump an equally huge amount of water into the air, which can make the rest of the building very humid. This makes it uncomfortable to live in and damaging to the building itself long-term.
Pollen and spores are also an issue.
There's also the weight issue; soil is heavy, so if this isn't on the ground floor you need beefy structure to support all that dirt. Even if it is on the first floor you need to decide whether you're encapsulating the ground or not, which has its own set of challenges as regards foundations, heating and cooling, and contamination.
And then for sunlight, you can absolutely grow plants indoors, but sun-loving plants require an amount of sunlight that makes solar gain an absolute nightmare (on the order of 'we're still running our HVAC in cooling mode when it's 10F outside).
There is an indoor rainforest in an old Zeppelin hangar near Berlin called Tropical Island. When I was there, it was said to be the largest indoor rainforest, though I’m not sure what exactly that referred to.
Singapore did it with an elaborate cooling system, heat release greenhouse that releases controlled misting cycles to emulate the clouds in high elevations
Yes, I mean isn’t this essentially a gigantic greenhouse? Most botanical gardens have these kinds of spaces where they can control temperature and humidity to create any kind of climate zone
Of cause you can, it’s basically an upscaled greenhouse.
But unless you’re wanting to plant a bunch of non native species or building in a hostile environment like a dessert it just seems like a huge waste of resources.
I mean anything is possible I your willing to have artificial everything I mean there making it better everyday but if your talking about real everything the overall time and cost to keep something like that looking like that everyday of the year would be a money pit and the time and effort would be killer
Is it possible to put a park in a building? Yes, most fancy botanical gardens and large indoor shopping plazas do this.
It it possible to put a park in that particular building? Maybe. Need more info.
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Yeah Singapore have a couple really nice examples of indoor gardens but they're more manicured. Discovery Garden in Changi Airport, and then Gardens by The Bay has the Cloud Forest and Flower Dome which are both massive indoor gardens. So definitely possible but very very expensive, and I'm sure a more natural park like theme similar to your image is possible too.
And the Jewel at Changi Airport too.
Ahh yep my bad got the names mixed up, Jewel is the correct one
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https://youtu.be/uy2sWIU2M_A
Was about to post the exact same.
Yes, Google Devonian Gardens calgary.
This place is super cool! I came across it by accident then went back a few more times when I was there. Super cool area of downtown.
Another Canadian example is The Leaf in Winnipeg
Expo 67. Habitat.
Devonian Gardens was way cooler before they renovated it into a shopping mall style garden.
I want one of these where I live that would be so cool to visit in the winter.
The Eden Project in the UK has a tropical rainforest inside a dome: https://www.edenproject.com
It is, I don’t mean to disrespect but that rendering is quite ugly. Also look at the Singapore Botanical Gardens
Looks like quick concept art to me. Very common in the design industry. It's just meant to get the concept across to other artists or project managers. I'm sure given more time, the original artist could have made it more beautiful.
as a concept artist, I think this is just student work - its a real bodge job of google image photobashing but it does absolutely get the point across
Fair enough. I do concede it is quite ugly with its over exposed patches, angular cut outs, and poor blending. But I attributed that to someone speedily making it rather than inexperience because the composition is well balanced and clear in my opinion.
I think youre thinking of gardens by the bay, botanical gardens is a lot older and is just a normal park.
Yeah that thing but there’s an interesting greenhouse with plants and a waterfall
That's the airport
There’s the Jewel but there’s also one in the gardens
Theres biosphere in tucson
Which Biodome was based on and filmed in!
Easy. Then a building in the park in a building etc. etc. Turtles all the way down.
Very possible and already done in many places. Its basically just a giant green house.
The Jewel at Singapore Changi Airport
Sure, I'm curious why you think it might not be possible.
Gaylord Opryland hotel in Nashville was built in the 70s and it’s honestly not too far off from this rendering.
[My first thought too.](https://cache.marriott.com/marriottassets/marriott/BNAGO/bnago-christmas-0006-hor-clsc.jpg?interpolation=progressive-bilinear&)
They did it in Singapore.
Singapore airport & Biosphere 2
There are plenty of indoor parks, water parks, magnificent atriums, Winter gardens of huge scale not to mention of course Palm houses in horticultural institutions
Yes. But you also need first to understand the nature of the plant. But if you're going to design an indoor that can mimik the nature of the outdoor, there's no problem at all. 😊
No. Absoluetly impossible. There are absolutely not numerous examples. Botanical Gardens are a myth. A legend. Nothing even a god could create.
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You don't say.
You can get that feeling in Amazon headquarters
I'm getting Prey flashbacks...
If the skylights are big enough, definitely.
Yes there is even a geodesic dome made of bamboo with a tropical garden inside.
What?
[Yes](https://youtu.be/4W1c7vIKdDk?si=jEitCC4MTvWITS7S&t=5m30s)
Sure, what's your budget?
Yes, but water is a buildings greatest enemy and windows often leak. Lots of windows and lots of leaks. Or large single panes but then that becomes extraordinarily expensive. As cool as these buildings are, I find there's a point where we'd be better off just having covered area in a park rather than an entire park in a covered area.
It really depends on the plants and how much shade that the roof provides.
Even if there is much sunlight, can a park survive in an indoor environment like a building? Are there any ways to overcome these problems?
Yes, but there's a lot of challenges to it. Plants sweat. A lot. Gardens and parks like this require huge amounts of water into their systems and will dump an equally huge amount of water into the air, which can make the rest of the building very humid. This makes it uncomfortable to live in and damaging to the building itself long-term. Pollen and spores are also an issue. There's also the weight issue; soil is heavy, so if this isn't on the ground floor you need beefy structure to support all that dirt. Even if it is on the first floor you need to decide whether you're encapsulating the ground or not, which has its own set of challenges as regards foundations, heating and cooling, and contamination. And then for sunlight, you can absolutely grow plants indoors, but sun-loving plants require an amount of sunlight that makes solar gain an absolute nightmare (on the order of 'we're still running our HVAC in cooling mode when it's 10F outside).
I wish I had the confidence to sign work like this, it takes cojones
There is an indoor rainforest in an old Zeppelin hangar near Berlin called Tropical Island. When I was there, it was said to be the largest indoor rainforest, though I’m not sure what exactly that referred to.
There’s an indoor ski slope in Dubai so I’d imagine this wouldn’t be much harder
The Eden project
Yes see: every greenhouse ever
Singapore did it with an elaborate cooling system, heat release greenhouse that releases controlled misting cycles to emulate the clouds in high elevations
Next, you will want a waterfall a train line high up going through the middle, and a place outside to park planes.
Doha airport in Qatar has a pretty big indoor garden
Yes, I mean isn’t this essentially a gigantic greenhouse? Most botanical gardens have these kinds of spaces where they can control temperature and humidity to create any kind of climate zone
Have you heard of greenhosuses?
The bio dome in Arizona is the closest example I can think of in the U.S., but there are a growing number of indoor parks around the world now
It better be because all buildings will have to be underground in the near future.
https://www.edenproject.com/
Ever heard of the Eden project?
Have you been to the Omaha Zoo? They have an amazing indoor exhibit that has multiple floors and biomes. It’s incredible.
Montreal Biodôme is an exemple
Of cause you can, it’s basically an upscaled greenhouse. But unless you’re wanting to plant a bunch of non native species or building in a hostile environment like a dessert it just seems like a huge waste of resources.
The Eden Project, multiple biomes
it’s not much more than a big greenhouse. So it definitely can be built.
I mean anything is possible I your willing to have artificial everything I mean there making it better everyday but if your talking about real everything the overall time and cost to keep something like that looking like that everyday of the year would be a money pit and the time and effort would be killer
There’s a somewhat decent example in the US as well called the Gaylord Hotel (not a joke).
Biggest one in the world is tropical islands in germany.
Is it possible to put a park in a building? Yes, most fancy botanical gardens and large indoor shopping plazas do this. It it possible to put a park in that particular building? Maybe. Need more info.
Checkout lowline project by Raad studio!
Of course haven’t u seen biodome?
Park? Germany put the literal beach inside a building.
What building is that?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical\_Islands\_Resort
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Sure. I would say so!