{"id":119920,"date":"2025-11-09T22:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T03:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/?post_type=metro_program&#038;p=119920"},"modified":"2025-11-09T22:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T03:09:31","slug":"vestre-bringing-nature-and-people-together-in-joyful-outdoor-spaces","status":"publish","type":"metro_program","link":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/programs\/vestre-bringing-nature-and-people-together-in-joyful-outdoor-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Nature and People Together in Joyful Outdoor Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//11//Stripes_planter_Habitats_Planter_VES_17804_Photo_Paul_Upworthy.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stripes_planter_Habitats_Planter_VES_17804_Photo_Paul_Upworthy.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stripes_planter_Habitats_Planter_VES_17804_Photo_Paul_Upworthy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stripes_planter_Habitats_Planter_VES_17804_Photo_Paul_Upworthy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stripes_planter_Habitats_Planter_VES_17804_Photo_Paul_Upworthy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stripes_planter_Habitats_Planter_VES_17804_Photo_Paul_Upworthy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photos courtesy of Vestre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group article-header_intro none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"article-date\" aria-label=\"Post Date\">November 9, 2025<\/p>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Bringing Nature and People Together in Joyful Outdoor Spaces<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"summary size-regular\">Norwegian furniture company Vestre expands the idea of biophilic design with furniture collections that foster thriving ecosystems and vibrant communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>By: <\/span><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"//tag//dinky-asrani/">Dinky Asrani<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"social-share\"><li><a 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class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap size-regular\">Biophilic design reconnects humans with nature through the built environment\u2014integrating natural materials, borrowed organic forms, and orchestrated views of greenery in service of human wellness, productivity, and comfort. But what if the true user of biophilic design isn\u2019t just humans, but the entire ecosystem itself\u2014and what if the two could thrive together, creating joyful, living spaces that reconnect people and planet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Vestre, known for its functional, durable outdoor solutions, has expanded biophilic design&#8217;s mandate with a radical proposition: furniture that serves biodiversity as intentionally as it serves people. One of the Norwegian furniture manufacturer\u2019s collections, HABITATS, doesn&#8217;t merely coexist with living landscapes\u2014it actively creates them, transforming urban furniture from passive objects into pieces of ecological infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//11//53010053236_2249ce4e07_c-1.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/53010053236_2249ce4e07_c-1.jpg 799w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/53010053236_2249ce4e07_c-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/53010053236_2249ce4e07_c-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Furniture That Nurtures Nature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The collection, a collaboration between designer Ren\u00e9 Hougaard (Arde) and Alexander Qual (Qual Design\/Rethink Studio), features insect hotels with species-specific hole sizes, bird boxes positioned for optimal nesting success, planters that can accommodate stone, wood, and organic material to support diverse invertebrates, and log benches designed to hold decomposing logs where bacteria and fungi perform the work of nutrient cycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">To ensure that research-based knowledge informed every design decision, the team collaborated with two specialists\u2014paleontologist Lene Liebe Delsett and biologist Katrine Turner\u2014whose expertise grounded each design in science. HABITATS addresses increasing extinction rates through distributed micro-habitats embedded in the everyday furniture of urban life. It\u2019s a scalable intervention that is now commercially available for specification across projects, creating habitat networks rather than isolated green islands. They have been deployed in notable projects including Denargo Market in Denver, Colorado; University College London\u2019s Gordon Square campus in London, England; and Operaparken in Copenhagen, Denmark, as part of an installation for 3 Days of Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//11//52514849218_65aec5def5_c-1.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52514849218_65aec5def5_c-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52514849218_65aec5def5_c-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/52514849218_65aec5def5_c-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timeless Design for Thriving Ecosystems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Vestre has long championed biophilic design, integrating natural materials, organic forms, and ecological systems into the built environment and across its product lines. This commitment extends beyond aesthetic consideration to understanding that biodiversity requires temporal stability\u2014habitats that remain viable across seasons and years, not just photogenic installations that degrade quickly. By sourcing sustainable timber from Norway and Sweden and utilizing fossil-free steel, Vestre helps cities and communities infuse greenery into urban spaces while maintaining the durability that these urban environments demand. Timber comes with a 15-year anti-rot warranty, hot-dip galvanized steel offers lifetime anti-rust protection, and powder coating lasts 80 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Vestre\u2019s functional, durable designs demonstrate how thoughtfully crafted furniture can harmoniously coexist with\u2014and enhance\u2014living landscapes. Through designs that nurture biodiversity and inspire human connection, Vestre reimagines outdoor furniture as a bridge between people and the living world.<a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//11//HABITATS_Wings_VES_20490_Photo_John_Patterson-1.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HABITATS_Wings_VES_20490_Photo_John_Patterson-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HABITATS_Wings_VES_20490_Photo_John_Patterson-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HABITATS_Wings_VES_20490_Photo_John_Patterson-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HABITATS_Wings_VES_20490_Photo_John_Patterson-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HABITATS_Wings_VES_20490_Photo_John_Patterson-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"comment size-regular\">Would you like to comment on this article? 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