Corporate Gardens

Corporate Gardens was a proposal for glass manufacturer Cricursa to create a walled garden pavilion at Glasstec Düsseldorf 2020. The project explored how corporate exhibition spaces could become places of gathering, social exchange, and material storytelling.

The pavilion was conceived as a continuous wall, built from a mix of standard and bespoke Cricursa glass parts that could be assembled within hours using minimal tools. This wall defined a sequence of spaces on a gradient of size and intimacy, allowing visitors to pause, sit, hold meetings, or simply admire the qualities of glass.

From Display to Garden

Trade fair pavilions often showcase material innovation as static display. Corporate Gardens reframed this format by treating the pavilion as a living garden: a space for occupation, reflection, and dialogue. It invited Glasstec delegates not only to observe glass technology, but to experience it in use as part of a shared environment.

Designing for Occupation

The pavilion was designed to be both efficient and flexible, relying on Cricursa’s production capabilities while creating a framework for interaction. The proposal extended beyond the stand itself, including a film and publication documenting the material ecology of glass production, and a scalable programme of events that could expand into the public realm of the city.

Toward Civic Infrastructures

Corporate Gardens demonstrated how corporate architecture can become civic. By transforming an exhibition stand into a garden of glass, the project positioned Cricursa’s innovation not just as product, but as social infrastructure that supports gathering, learning, and exchange.