Green Vertical Garden (wall) in Madrid
- Posted by Alex Ion in Architecture
Mar 17,2008
photo by juanpg
The newest museum in Madrid, CaixaForum, got a vertical garden on one of the exterior walls. Designed by Swiss architects Herzog & Meuron, there are 15,000 plants from more than 250 different species that are now covering a 1899 converted former power station.
They managed to get a “very unusual encounter between the rough and the natural” with a high contrast between the restored building that has a rusted iron top and the beautiful green plants.
photo by Funksturm
CaixaForum is a sociocultural center was inaugurated in the very heart of Madrid on February 2008 and serves as museum, auditorium, art gallery and bookshop.
The creator of the vertical garden is Patrick Blanc, already known for its work in France (the Quai Branley Office Wing) is expected to install the next one in China or probably in the UK. Actually he said that such gardens could be created anywhere, even in “those difficult spaces where you don’t expect to see greenery”. His experience comes from studying rainforests and you can see the results. – via – TreeHugger
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5 Responses to “Green Vertical Garden (wall) in Madrid”
going to madrid in April May – will go and feel this – will lobby my local authority to include this form of art in their planning. Thank you for the information . Bob K
No need to thank anyone. It’s a common passion we have about the environment. I thank you for reading greenpacks.org
The first green vertical wall in China was finished successfully in Wuhan Seven One middle school.
The project was desighed and completed by Wuhan AN YOU S&T CO.,LTD, used the sub-vertical green technology.It maked the laboratory building`s wall of Seven One middle school be vertical greened for a large area immediately in 13 days.The wall has the effectivenesses such as dust keeping,noise reduction,landscaping,and has becomed a bright new landscape of the school.
Once you enter the school gate,you will be completely attracted by the 200?`s green wall.
It used the automatic irrigation system that has the effectivenesses of fertilization and application.These effectivenesses will make the later conservation more scientific,stringent and simpler.
this is a very cool work of art
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The first green vertical wall in China was finished successfully in Wuhan Seven One middle school.
The project was desighed and completed by Wuhan AN YOU S&T CO.,LTD, used the sub-vertical green technology.It maked the laboratory building`s wall of Seven One middle school be vertical greened for a large area immediately in 13 days.The wall has the effectivenesses such as dust keeping,noise reduction,landscaping,and has becomed a bright new landscape of the school.
Once you enter the school gate,you will be completely attracted by the 200?`s green wall.
It used the automatic irrigation system that has the effectivenesses of fertilization and application.These effectivenesses will make the later conservation more scientific,stringent and simpler.
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