Urban Greenery

Submitted by valmonten:

San Francisco Mission roof

Wonderful! Thanks for submitting

archigk submitted:

Goztepe, Istanbul, Turkey

hedonisticsustainability:

Tokyo, Japan — Deciduous vines provide this building with summer shade, and winter sun; reducing energy demands, while contributing to bird habitat and urban green.

(Source: tokyogreenspace.com)

Submission from evigglade.blogspot:

Vertical wall, Musee du Quai Branly - in Paris

Great shot! I haven’t seen too many images of the museum from this angle & distance

share-the-land submitted:

Berlin.

jayro:

I spotted more gardens growing on buildings during my recent visit to London.

Anastasia Sonkina submitted:

Mobile Living Partitions to Divide San Francisco’s Largest Patio Space:

San Francisco based company Habitat Horticulture installed 3 living wall partitions for The Metreon City View patio space owned by Westfield’s shopping malls looking over Yerba Buena Gardens. Comprised of succulents and sedums, the 3 freestanding mobile living wall partitions are used to break a 300 ft patio space that is used for cooperate events. They can be manipulated around to create a lush and intimate “living room” or aligned horizontally to close off the unused or private space.

The living wall partitions create functional gardens in a tight urban space, providing greenery for city dwellers and for the downtown area of San Francisco.

lovelyspring submitted:

Paris, France

Look, up in the sky - it’s a garden

“The Queensland Government has just signed a deal with the Singapore National Parks Board that could see scientists grow plants on the walls and roofs of the sunshine state’s high rise buildings to reduce heat and improve air quality.

“Shane Holborn, research team leader for the Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries’ lifestyle horticulture group, said vegetation had proven to have a significant insulating effect on buildings, and the Government was keen to test, adapt and use the concept in Queensland.

“The plants lower the amount of air-conditioning required to cool a building, and some studies had shown a rooftop garden can reduce the surface temperature by 10 to 20 degrees Celsius, he said.

The vertical gardens could be arranged to cover whole walls - or just be placed in sections - where they naturally cool the area by transpiring water from the soil into the air, and also by providing shade.”

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Fantastic!