Architects: V8 Architects
Area: 10,000 m²
Year: 2021
Photography: Aiste Rakauskaite
Lead Architects: Rudolph Eilander, Michiel Raaphorst, Frank Huibers
Contractor: BOM Group
Client: Floriade BV
Project Management: Arcadis
Program / Use / Building Function: Greenhouse, Exhibition Space, Restaurant
City: Almere
Country: Netherlands
Green House Floriade is an exhibition greenhouse designed by V8 Architects for the Floriade 2022 in Almere, The Netherlands. Completed in 2021, the structure showcases the Dutch horticultural sector’s advancements and innovations. Utilizing standard greenhouse elements, the design features a raised central axis that creates a distinctive silhouette, making it a temporary icon at the World Horticulture Exhibition.
The Green House is a large exhibition greenhouse at Floriade 2022 in Almere, constructed entirely from standard greenhouse elements. Its special function is highlighted by the significantly raised central axis. Due to its scale and unique silhouette, the greenhouse serves as a temporary icon of the horticultural sector at the World Horticulture Exhibition.
The enormous scale of greenhouse horticulture complexes is experienced in this temporary exhibition building through the raised strip in the middle of the greenhouse. With a length of 170 meters, it functions as a promenade and, through its elevated position, gives visitors an impressive view of the exhibition floors.
The exhibition greenhouse is constructed from reusable standard elements of the Venlo greenhouse type. This guarantees repurposing after the Floriade. By using a wide range of materials in greenhouse construction, such as transparent glass, translucent glass, textured glass, and whitewashed glass, a special play of light and shadow is formed in the exhibition greenhouse.
Along the promenade, various exhibition zones showcase the Dutch horticultural sector, with a greenhouse restaurant at the end of the route. Part of the greenhouse is set up as the ultimate example of advanced horticulture: the High Tech Green House. This offers not only an amazing experience but also an in-depth layer for professional visitors.
The terrain along the highway has a substantial height difference of almost three meters over the length of the greenhouse. This difference is translated into four large terraces, creating natural zoning for the various exhibitions. By leaving the prefab reusable pavement partially open, flowers, plants, and even small trees can be placed in the open ground.
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Address: Almere, Netherlands
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