ARUP | Amsterdam

Modern office space in Amsterdam filled with lush tropical indoor plants surrounding a communal high table, designed by MOSS for ARUP.

Flexible green workspace with integrated planting and mixed seating arrangements designed by MOSS for ARUP’s Amsterdam office.

ARUP office lounge area with indoor banana plants, soft poufs, and organic partitions in a nature-inspired workspace by MOSS.

Employee working among dense indoor greenery and soft natural light in ARUP’s Amsterdam office with biophilic design by MOSS.

Indoor green island installation at Arup Amsterdam office designed by MOSS, featuring modular white planters filled with lush tropical plants to enhance workplace well-being.

Biophilic office interior with lush green plants, natural light, and modern lounge seating at ARUP Amsterdam, designed by MOSS.

This candid scene captures a team member working among dense vegetation and filtered daylight in ARUP’s Amsterdam office. MOSS’s biophilic design blurs the line between indoors and outdoors, promoting mental clarity and sustainability through integrated plant systems.

Category

Interior Garden Design, Product

Client: ARUP

Green Architect: MOSS

Location: Amsterdam

Design Year: 2022

Construction Year: 2022

Project: Interior Green Design

Parties involved: De Koninklijke Ginkelgroep

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Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists, working across every aspect of today’s built environment. Their Amsterdam team wanted a a future workplace to bring people to their office with attention to more greenery for a healthy working environment.

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MOSS worked in close collaboration with Arup’s designers to gain a deep understanding of what Arup envisioned for their future office space and realize it spatially.

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MOSS took inspiration from our natural environment, which has the effect of secluding one from distractions, enhancing our creativity and well-being. We implemented a variety of new themes outlined by the Arup team, such as flexibility, acoustics, and engagement, to design a ‘green isle’ and transform an entire office wing into a unique and inspiring space by enhancing the greenery.

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We worked with the existing fit-out to create a new space by integrating specialist joinery modules, which we developed to satisfy the requirements of movement and flexibility in the building.

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The modules include water-tight basins characterized by an arc and a right angle, and encompass a high volume of plants. When configured, the Arup module is one piece of a greater whole. It can be formed into endless arrangements applicable to various spaces including focus spaces, workshop setups, and informal arrangements.

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By incorporating more than 100 plants in 50 square meters, we bring the outdoors inside, brightening the space whilst also giving it a calm ambience. The endless possibilities of layouts lend themselves to the creation of small lush, pockets or larger tropical spaces which, in turn, help make the space attractive to a wide range of users and functions.

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