The vegetable facade or the vertical Garden have come to settle.

ITS CREATORS MAKE CONSIDERABLE ENERGY SAVINGS FOR HOMES.

Vertical gardens have come to Spain. The first installations are underway on the Mediterranean coast and are assuming an important saving in air conditioning of buildings and dwellings, as well as in dining.

In the list of green destinations, Spain is without a doubt one of the first positions. It is not only the leader in solar and wind production breaks records. Now the residents of San Vicente de el Raspeig, in the Spanish levante, you have installed a vertical Garden on the external façade of its children and youth library.

The six-story garden, work of the architect José María Chofre, It is situated between the party wall of an existing building and the library. The constructive solution is formed by an estructura, metal based on the concrete used for the irrigation tank.

The composition consists of a pixelated from different types of small-size in the top herbal and floral species and, Ivy and ferns in the bottom in the courtyard formed between the garden and the library.

A hanging scaffold that allows pruning and replace specific species is located in the front.

Planting system is It has made by felt cubic container filled with substrate that are confined between two metal grids, one outdoor and one indoor. Containers are visible and accessible from several halls located on the back, from where can be replaced.