Design-Build-Care
The Department Store, Takapuna, Auckland

• New Zealand’s first two sided interior green wall
• Named “best retail concept store in the world” by the respected international publication Monocle Magazine in 2010

The centre piece of the Stephen Marr salon on the top floor of the Department Store this double-sided green wall, designed and installed by Natural Habitats Landscapes in 2009 is 10 metres long by 2 metres high and boasts well over 1000 individual plants.

The lush wall divides the upper level, promoting unique spaces that can be used for presentations such as fashion shows. The building has had skylights installed to ensure the wall is given as much natural light as possible, and the use of supplementary man-made lighting is kept at a minimum.

The investment into this original and breathtaking piece of artwork, aside from supporting Marr’s ‘green’ stance; is a powerful branding exercise and demonstrates the incredible environmental benefits a green wall can have.