MARKHAM, ON.—HiGarden Inc. introduces its initial models of Living Furniture, a furniture line incorporating both living plants and fish cohabitating in self-sustaining indoor eco-systems.
After years of research and development, HiGarden Inc. will launch its unique VIGA Vertical Indoor Gardening and Aquaculture system at Toronto’s Interior Design Show 2017. VIGA is a new technology incorporating the principles of Regenerative Design, or Living Design. Regenerative Design is derived from the philosophy of biomimicry, human developed technologies which attempt to emulate natural living systems.
At IDS2017, HiGarden will be exhibiting two pieces of Living Furniture—its VIGA Desktop and VIGA Bookcase. Both models incorporate a series of interconnected aquariums where plants and fish can thrive together.
The VIGA systems can accommodate many types of plants including herbs, vegetables and air purifying plants as well as a diversity of small fish. The herbs and vegetables are meant to be continually harvested, of course, to provide a ready supply of fresh, vitamin rich and tasty produce 12 months a year and in any location.
First of a Whole Line of Units
VIGA Desktop and VIGA Bookcase are just the first models of a whole line of units for a variety of applications. Larger VIGA Lobby units are intended for entrances of office buildings, condominiums, healthcare facilities and public institutions where they can make a powerful statement about a building’s devotion to sustainability and social responsibility.
Full room sized VIGA environments are intended to provide even more benefits. VIGA Community Farms are designed to provide a complete condominium or office building community with a place to collectively farm indoors 12 months a year. VIGA Nature Rooms and VIGA Theme Rooms are designed as amenities for condominiums, office buildings, schools and hotels—to serve as an oasis of natural green calm to be shared by building occupants.
VIGA Production Farms and VIGA Mobile Farms are designed to be large enough to produce significant quantities of both edible fish and vegetables to provide a new food supply for distressed communities which are routinely denied a ready supply of fresh, diverse, affordable and contaminant free food all year long.
In addition, all VIGA systems provide a real-time interactive learning opportunity for students, families and people of all ages. In addition, VIGA systems can all be enhanced with air purifying plants that can dramatically improve indoor air quality by selectively filtering out many types of toxins commonly found in indoor environments.
