Sunday 27 March 2011

Biological Buildings

I found a company based in the UK that is building vertical gardens on the sides of buildings. LINK





There's a link on the page to growing moss on buildings but it says it's "hush hush"

"Growing moss and other plants such as liverwort in vertical situations, for a number of reasons, including an international arts project, a moss wall in Europe and a possible energy exchange system"



At the moment they're looking into different species and growing them on felt.


There's also a section on indoor vertical gardens. Below is an image of one such garden in a restaurant in Japan.




The botanist Patrick Blanc has a website HERE
According to his website he's the creator of the vertical garden or 'Mur Vegeta" He's also got really douche-esk pictures of himself posing on the homepage as an added bonus.
But if you go to his projects page he's got some really cool looking work. Good inspiration for the potential moss on buildings idea AND the perfect city home for Tardigrades if we end up using them.


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