Living Walls and Vertical Gardens » vertical garden

ECObitat’s easy shelter’s have living walls

Gavin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:38:55 +0000

“ECObitat” is a prefab home entered in Something Green Challenge and won second place. Brazilian designer Felipe Campolina created the system made of recyclable industrial materials to provide relief housing/shelter during emergencies. The framing was done in steel and it supports walls of OSB plates. The windows are made of tempered glass and the walls and roof are finished with greenery which provides added acoustic and thermal insulation. The ECObitat reuses grey water and uses solar water heating while electricity is generated with wind turbines on the roof.

ECObitat living wall

The modular system is 2.44 m x 3,10 m x 12.20 m, scaled from the standard OSB plate (oriented strand board) of 1.22 m x 2.44 m, defining areas of flexible multipurpose that can be progressively coupled and adequate for transport. Legs telescope from the base ensuring a good adaptability to different types of topographies. The responsible use of recyclable and industrial materials results in a speedy and prompt delivery of manufacturing space modules.

ECObitat vertical garden

This constructive system deals at the same time ecological issues, by proposing spaces environmentally sustainable, and social issues by proposing modules capable to use in emergency and relief housing.

ECObitat

Foster Plants’ Living Wall

Gavin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:24:02 +0000

Steve Foster with Foster Plants in Miami installed this great-looking living wall in a retail store using Woolly Pockets. The Wall is 7′ wide and 10′ high and was built using Wally Three’s. The small square at bottom right of the first picture is the water source. This is where the drip irrigation will be hooked up to water the living wall at each service visit. Foster Plants chose not to use a timer to minimize the risk of a malfunction.

Woolly Pocket Install

Measuring

The next step was setting up our vertical guide line along the left margin of the wall and beginning the installation of the Wally Three’s.

Leveling the planter

Wally Three's

Irrigation drippers

Foster Plants had originally planned on using a half inch vertical line up the right side, with quarter inch horizontal lines, but Rich decided to use all quarter inch to minimize the chances of any leaks. Each pocket will have one half-gallon per hour drip emitter.

Top down planting

After adding a layer of the planting medium to the pockets, they began planting into the Wally’s. The irrigation drip-heads are adjusted and buried into each pocket as they plant. Planting from top to bottom prevents dirt from falling on the plants just planted.

Finished wall

You can reach Steve Foster a call at 305.962.0990 or toll free at 1.877.647.1782. If you’re interested in interior plantscaping / living wall discussion, here’s his forum if you’d like to take part.

Patrick Blanc Interview

Gavin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:46:12 +0000

Patrick Blanc is the original vertical garden creator. Here’s an interesting interview he’s had where he gives more insight into the design process. It includes footage of several of his living wall creations. You can also see a living roof concept Chelsea Flower Show here as well. I’m a big fan of his hair.

Ecohabitare’s portable greenwall

Gavin — Sat, 29 May 2010 00:23:41 +0000

Industrial designers Daniele Adamo and Ravel Casela have created a vertical garden from flat plates out of recycled packages and other plastics. This vertical garden is portable and easy to install. It can be installed on decks, balconies, or walls as long as it gets at least 4 hours of sunlight. All the space it needs is a wall 3 meters (about 9 ft) long. This system allows you to harvest your garden at shoulder height so there’s no straining on your back. It takes only a bit of water and you only need to take about 20 minutes/day to harvest and irrigate. The designers say you can grow tomato, strawberries, and herbs like chives, parsely, basil, mint and rosemary. Just change the soil once a year and add new seeds whenever you need.

Vertical Garden with Edibles

Ecohabitaire

From Ecofiend