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The Invisible Garden House is a beautiful new concept from Danish designer Simon Hjermind Jensen to extend the outdoor living opportunities for those in cool temperate climates, without the need for a permanent built structure.
Air is sucked in at the base of the dome
When late spring and fall (or even some of summer) would usually be too cold for spending time sitting outdoors, or growing warmth-loving fruit and vegetables like tomatoes, the Invisible Garden House creates a comfortable ambient temperature for both people and plants. The polygonal domes are naturally sun-heated and ventilated like a glasshouse so there’s no external energy inputs and they can be either built separately or connected to make an outdoor garden and living space for a family.
And expelled through weather-proof venting windows
Made from durable and impact-resistant UV-protected polycarbonate, the parts are computer designed, cut on a CNC (computer-guided) router, sewn together and then assembled using metal bolts. Jensen describes it as a form of tailoring, where two dimensional panels are stitched together to form 3D objects. The base of each shell is dug down below the frost line and to hold it down.
The ‘stitching’
These domes are part of a pilot project by Jensen’s company SJWORKS in a Copenhagen private garden but could be designed and built for either residential or even semi-public use. The 3 domes shown here are 1.8m wide x 2.4m high, 2.4m x 2.7m and 3.3m x 3.2m and cost a total of €18.900 (ex. VAT) to manufacture and assemble on site, not including the wooden floor in the central dome.
Contact SJWORKS and to see more of Jensen’s elegant and interesting projects.
All photos by Simon Hjermind Jensen
