Fresh off winning the ?Design of the Year? for their refugee housing solution, the ?Better Shelter,? IKEA is again making waves for a pioneering, flat pack solution to societal needs. Developed by the IKEA innovation lab Space10 alongside architects sine lindholm and mads-ulrik husum, the spherical ?Growroom? is a DIY garden structure intended to help people ?grow their own food much more locally in a beautiful and sustainable way.? And now, plans for the structure have been made available online for free via Space10?s open source platform, giving anyone the opportunity to build their own 3-dimensional garden.

The Growroom exhibited at Copenhagen Opera House. Image © Alona Vibe. Via Space10

Fresh off winning the ?Design of the Year? for their refugee housing solution, the ?Better Shelter,? IKEA is again making waves for a pioneering, flat pack solution to societal needs. Developed by the IKEA innovation lab Space10 alongside architects sine lindholm and mads-ulrik husum, the spherical ?Growroom? is a DIY garden structure intended to help people ?grow their own food much more locally in a beautiful and sustainable way.? And now, plans for the structure have been made available online for free via Space10?s open source platform, giving anyone the opportunity to build their own 3-dimensional garden.
The original Growroom exhibited at CHART ART FAIR (with Bjarke Ingels). Image © Rasmus Hjortshøj. Via Space 10

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