Green Walls

A store I like (Anthropologie) recently opened a new store in London and installed a three story green wall made of vertically grown plants in a patented modular, 14,000 to be exact. It is watered with rain water from the roof using a hydroponic-fed system and the lighting is partially artificial. The article listed some of the plants contained within the wall including ferns, lillies, spider plants, and also flowers. It was designed by BioTecture (short for Biological Architecture), a company used by alternative builders that construct these green walls, also known as biomembranes. One of the company's concepts is finding "more sustainable methods of creating buildings with lower or zero carbon footprints." Vertical walls were first created by Patrick Leblanc. The green wall is a wonderful invention for our future. Not only does it serve for decoration purposes, but as BioTecture's website also mentions "A healthy, stable building that tends towards self-regulation can also have a positive psychological effect on its inhabitants." (Their website features their project portfolio.) BioTecture