Local Company Part Of Massive Hotel Opening

Information via AgroSci

BERLIN, CT — In its largest project to date, AgroSci installed 41 greenwalls -- including 36 multi-story systems -- and dozens of interior plant installations in the recently opened $1.5 billion addition to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Hollywood, Fl.

Thanks to AgroSci, the recently opened complex features one of highest concentrations of indoor greenwalls in the world. The addition, which features the world’s first guitar-shaped hotel, was one of the nation’s largest construction projects of 2019.

AgroSci Greenwalls at the facility include thirty-six 30-foot high installations in the South East Porte Cochere and Oculus, the hotel’s main entrance and lobby, an 80-foot long wall along the building’s exterior and a 50-foot long wall inside the spa.

“I want to thank Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood for the unique opportunity to be a part of this amazing project,” AgroSci President and CEO Chris Pianta said. “This project highlights our flexible and innovative design capabilities. Angles, confined spaces, quirky curves, AgroSci’s experts can accommodate them all with designs that are both practical and aesthetically pleasing. I am very proud of what we have accomplished here.”

In designing the walls, AgroSci successfully integrated them into a water-plant-air design concept that recreates the soothing sensations of nature, Pianta said. That’s in keeping with the concept of biophilia, the idea that human beings are happier, healthier and more productive when they are exposed to nature.

“AgroSci is all about biophilia,” Pianta said. “Working with Seminole Hard Rock, we have created a showcase for biophilia. The winners will be the complex’s guests and employees who will be playing and working in a healthier, cleaner and more hospitable environment.”

In addition to its signature greenwalls, AgroSci installed all of the interior plantscapes. David Truglio, president and CEO of Green Designs based in New Britain and Berlin, Ct. and Southport, N.C., designed the greenwalls and installations. Truglio is a partner in AgroSci and also its director of plantscape design and services. He oversees design elements and installations related to plantscapes, greenwalls and the firm’s newest product, moss walls.

AgroSci Greenwalls and plants are in the spa, the promenade, the executive offices, the Oasis Tower balconies and the Guitar Tower. In total, AgroSci installed more than 8,000 square feet of living greenwall in the complex, a record for the firm in a single project. The walls contain more than 22,000 individual plants of 14 varieties.

Greenwalls and moss walls are a fast emerging green technology that increases wellbeing, cleanses the air naturally and lowers temperatures in highly built up areas. Walls can be installed in- or outdoors and have been shown to reduce stress and increase productivity.

AgroSci is a premier greenwall and plantscape company. Privately held and based in Colchester, Ct., AgroSci has installed hundreds of greenwalls and plantscapes nationwide and internationally, including signature projects at 1 Hotels in Manhattan, Brooklyn and South Beach. Additionally, AgroSci provides ongoing care and horticultural services for our clients.

Visit AgroSci’s website for more information about the company and its products.