IF BUIDING GREAT Precast Herzog and De Meuron create the most sustainable office building: Hortus

Herzog and De Meuron create the most sustainable office building: Hortus


The building revolves around a green atrium and is suspended lightly on the ground with column supports.

A four story wooden structure system combined with rammed earth floor slabs forms an open passage on the south side leading to Piet Oudolf’s designed garden.

High shrubs, herbaceous plants, and climbing plants are planted in the courtyard, forming a layered green landscape along the curved gravel path.

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