"From the center of the city at People's Square it takes about 60-70 min to get to the gardens which is located near the end of Line 9. The gardens regularly run a free shuttle bus back and forth to the subway stop which helps out since…"
Swiss Plant Art
The Zurich airport is one of my favorites in Europe and the international side is probably the nicest with sleek black leather seats, nice little cafes and exposed concrete beams. But the most intriguing and fun is that they use plants as their decor while perhaps even enlightening the weary traveler about vines from other climates such as Chile or Malaysia.
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Comment by jennifer Bloch on December 29, 2008 at 2:25pm -
Cool. Enroute to Lausanne I stopped in Frankfurt. The Frankfurt airport has something similar. The backlit image is lush and appealing in the enclosed interior. A bench constructed of hardwood/decking like surrounds the image and people are drawn to the artifice of nature there, finding some sort of connection and place deep in the terminals.
I'm fond of the use of plants as a design material in Lausanne near Flon Station.
Bamboo colonnade, lit at night with led's,
a tree like structure for wisteria,
and an inhabitable space constructed of chain link fence as a support for vines, lit at night becomes an impromptu chill-out lounge in the middle of the city with movable bar tables, stools and potted bamboo.
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Comment by Victoria Solis Pauwels on December 19, 2008 at 1:09pm -
great proyect!!
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