The Shard Wellness Garden by EMULSION

Photographer: Jodi Redhouse & Holly Wren

Wellness Week at The Shard is an annual initiative celebrating wellness in the workplace for occupiers of this iconic London landmark. Emulsion is an established collaborator for this project, designing the wellness garden sited in the building’s reception area - a space of calm and contemplation, our urban and architectural take on the traditional Zen garden.

The installations have been inspired by geometry – responding in turn to the angularity of The Shard, the wholeness of the circle, the structural and physical world of the square. Platforms and stepping stones invite you to explore and immerse yourself in the tranquillity of a miniaturised landscape, full of detail and lush greenery.

The resulting garden is a place not only for seminars, meditation and yoga sessions, but also a personal retreat in which to pause and appreciate, to reconnect with the self and the space, within the working environment of The Shard.

Design Team:

EMULSION

Collaborators: The Japanese Garden Centre

Photographer: Jodi Redhouse & Holly Wren