*어반 버티컬 랜드스케이핑 [ Green Over Grey ] Semiahmoo Green Wall

이보다 더 좋은 파사드는 없을 것이다.
만여종의 식물들이 가득차 있는 세미아무 공공도서관의
전면 파사드는 도시속 자연을 담은 수직정원으로 잘 디자인 되어 있다.
자연이 만들어 내는 이처럼 훌륭한 입면 디자인은
어느 대가의 디자인 작업보다 훌륭하고 친근하다.
자연을 그리워하고 동경하는 것은 너무나도 당연한 이치일까?
오늘 또 한번 색다른 경험을 한다.

reviewed by SJ

Green Over Grey, a Vancouver, Canada-based company that design and install green walls (also known as living walls), have produced the largest outdoor green wall in North America.

Located in White Rock, a suburb of Vancouver, the green wall covers 3000 square feet of the Semiahmoo Public Library and RCMP Facility.

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The unique design is nearly 3,000 square feet and consists of over 10,000 individual plants representing more than 120 unique species. It includes ground covers, large perennials, shrubs and small trees.
A green wall, also known as a living wall is a self-sufficient vertical garden that is attached to the exterior or interior of a building. The technology being used is soil-free, and the plants receive water and nutrients from within the vertical support instead of from the ground. It closely mimics how plants grow vertically in nature such as on cliffs, bluffs, tree branches or next to waterfalls.
“The large diversity of plant species chosen creates a balanced ecosystem that is an urban oasis for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds,” says Patrick Poiraud, Principal at Green over Grey – Living Walls and Design, the Vancouver-based company designing and constructing the wall. “The living wall helps to insulate the building, purify the air and transforms the grey concrete into hundreds of shades of green.”

from  contemporist