Glaxo

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Glaxo Canada

Standing on the Island in the Ecosystem at Glaxo Canada This was the first commercial project for me. Years before, I had built a swimming pool and done all the landscaping along with it at the home of Jaques Lapointe, the president of Glaxo Canada. On one occasion, I had the chance to show him what else I had been up to. Mr. Lapointe, found it fit to give me the opportunity to do a project in one of the atriums in the new headquarters that was about to be constructed in Toronto, at Mississauga Rd. and 401.

The project consisted primarily of a retrofit of an existing 12 foot circular planter, in the atrium, overlooked by the boardroom. The walls of the planter were raised to a height of 2 feet and the unit was waterproofed to hold water to the top. A three legged island pod, consisted of a cork tree ( misters and all…orchids, bromeliads and air plants ), a waterfall and tropical terrestrial plants growing hydroponically on the island.

In the water below and swimming under the island pod were beautifully coloured Japanese Koi.

Completed in 1992.

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