Vegitecture
NOW THAT WE’VE FIRMLY established the importance of green roofs… what about green walls? There’s no reason that plants have to be relegated to horizontal surfaces — that’s inflexible human thinking. Vegetation can’t get up and walk around, but it can sure climb… the tallest tree that’s still standing on Earth reaches over 112 metres — five stories higher than the Statue of Liberty! To dispel our preconceptions about the possibilities for plant life on the Y-axis, let’s begin this trilogy of blogs about bio-walls with the work and words of the world’s best designer / builder of “vegitecture“, Patrick Blanc.

