Biophilic Art
What is Biophilic Art?
Biophilic Art elevates indoor spaces by replacing traditional artworks with real, preserved natural elements, including mosses, ferns, and plants. Rooted in biophilia, the innate human instinct to connect with the natural world, this innovative approach transforms standard interiors into living design experiences.
Instead of relying on traditional potted plants, Urban Planters utilises a modular system of organic tiles to transform entire walls into seamless, 3D architectural sculptures. Through a professional preservation process, these plants maintain their vibrant texture and natural beauty permanently.
The System: Sustainable, Modular, and Flexible
Our Urban Planters Biophilic Art tiles are engineered around a “circular economy”, which just means they are designed to be reused indefinitely instead of thrown into a landfill. Instead of using messy glues or toxic chemicals, each plant tile is professionally installed where they safely snap onto a backing panel using a smart, mechanical fastener.
This fresh take on biophilic design makes it incredibly easy to adapt your space whenever you want:
- Change Your Layout on the Fly: If you get bored of the look or remodel your room, you can easily pop the tiles out to replace them, mix up the colors, or rearrange the whole pattern.
- Good for the Planet: Due to the system being modular, the art pieces last a really long time. Instead of throwing the whole thing away when you want a change, you just take it apart, reuse the pieces, and keep waste out of the trash.
Biophilic Art Display in a Retail Space
Biophilic Art on an empty wall
Biophilic Art Display in a Waiting Room
Biophilic Art Design in an office kitchen
Biophilic Art Diplays in a retail space
Biophilic Art Display at a restaurant
What are the Benefits of Having Biophilic Art?
- Zero Maintenance: These art pieces use specially preserved moss and plants, they require no watering, no special plant lights, and no plumbing or drainage systems. It gives you all the beauty of a real green wall without any of the hard work or mess.
- Handmade Artistry: By mixing 3D textures with real, natural materials, each piece becomes a one-of-a-kind wall sculpture. It helps make modern buildings feel less cold and boxy, and the thick plants even absorb sound waves to help quiet down noisy room echoes.
- Made to Fit Your Style: The panels come in three standard sizes, but we can also build them to any custom measurements you need. This makes them a flexible canvas for showcasing a company’s unique style, colors, or brand story. to show off a company’s unique style, colors, or brand story.
Versatile Applications: Where Does Biophilic Design Work Best?
Integrating a biophilic element into your space is perfect for low-light, high-traffic, or architecturally complex indoor environments where traditional, live plants simply wouldn’t survive. It offers a premium solution for a variety of sectors:
Corporate Atriums & Boardrooms
Create an immediate “wow factor” that impresses both clients and visitors. Incorporating modern biophilic interior design into the workplace actively supports employee wellness and mental focus. Furthermore, it helps companies meet strict corporate sustainability metrics, directly contributing to ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) targets and WELL Building Standards.
Hospitality & Boutique Hotels
Enhance guest tranquility and elevate the luxury aesthetic of your venue. Bringing a biophilic touch into dim lobbies, reception areas, or spa environments adds natural warmth and sophistication, even where natural sunlight is highly limited.
Retail & Set Design
Provide a lightweight, portable, and visually striking backdrop for high-end retail spaces. It serves as a great tool for luxury brand installations, window displays, and experiential marketing setups that need to grab people’s attention.
High-End Residential
Add a tactile, maintenance-free connection to nature inside upscale homes. Whether installed in private living spaces, hallways, or home offices, it creates a calming, sophisticated environment without adding any extra upkeep to your routine.
Frequently Asked Questions
Urban Planters Biophilic Art is a modular, 3D vertical design system that uses real, preserved plants and moss to integrate the restorative patterns of nature into indoor spaces. It bridges the gap between traditional interior plants and structural artwork, offering a tactile, organic feature wall anywhere you want to boost your biophilic design footprint.
Biophilic interior design focuses on connecting building occupants more closely to nature. Our art panels do exactly that by introducing natural textures, organic visual patterns, and acoustic softening to indoor spaces where living plants might not survive due to lighting or maintenance constraints.
No. Because the installations are made using expertly preserved natural moss and plants, they require absolutely no irrigation, drainage, or specialized UV lighting. This allows you to introduce a biophilic aesthetic into low-light environments like basements, internal meeting rooms, and spa areas.
The tiles are engineered using a sustainable, adhesive-free fastening mechanism that secures each piece to a backing panel without harmful chemicals. This modular design means individual tiles can be easily replaced, rearranged, or completely reconfigured as your commercial or residential space evolves.
Yes. The natural, varied 3D textures of the preserved moss and organic materials act as excellent sound absorbers. Installing these panels on hard surfaces helps to soften room acoustics, reduce echo, and create a quieter, more peaceful atmosphere in busy offices or hospitality venues.
Beyond the immediate aesthetic impact, incorporating biophilic design into commercial spaces supports occupant well-being, which directly aligns with WELL Building Standards. Additionally, our system is built around a circular economy—allowing for disassembly and reuse—which contributes positively to a business’s ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) targets.