Category: plants
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Arbores Laetae
Oh hell yeah, spinning trees!!! Via Archidose, from the Liverpool Biennial: “Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Arbores Laetae playfully reinvents the tradition of the public park. The work transforms a brownfield site, situated on a key route into city centre, into a beautiful wooded space for contemplation.”:: image via Liverpool Biennial “Consisting of 17 vibrant hornbeam…
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Veg.itecture #37
About time to purge the bursting folders of Vegetated Architecture projects that have been zooming through the blogosphere lately. As well a few resources, include this [cringe] DIY Guide to Green and Living Roofs as well as good overview post on the ‘Arbortectural’ via Design Under Sky. Overall, a wide range of types and scales…
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Ten Books on Veg.itecture
A recent office desk move (and slogging multiple boxes of books in my personal library) made me think, that although I do an occasional review of books periodically – it would behoove me to summarize some of the classic tomes that define some of the key themes on the blog. While I intend to continue…
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Veg.itecture #36
Vegetated Architecture for the week… First a link, via I (heart) Public Space – check out a tour of South Bronx green roof projects – with some interesting examples of rooftop vegetation if you are in the vicinity. Not on the tour, but in the area, is the fantastic, this one has been shown before,…
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Olympic Topiary Gone Wild
It’s not a secret that I’m a big fan and proponent of vegetation occupying the vertical spaces in our lives. Perhaps it’s the ubiquitousness of the natural surroundings, but the jarring use of landscape that confronts us the way great architectural materials does – makes my day. On the other hand, perhaps this can be…
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Stupid Plant Tricks
This site features a lot of great, inventive ways to use landscape materials in urban areas. On the flip side, there are a lot of very, very strange ways to use plants as well. Read on for a summary of some of the more ‘odd’ varieties of plant manipulations I’ve gleaned. Grass ‘photographs’ at Wimbledon,…
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Living Walls: Systems Approach
We’ve all seen them in action (sort of), so now it is time to check them out on a new level and get at least a cursory look at the different off-the-shelf options out there for living walls. A few select companies are offering systems that are available to North American buyers and beyond. Here’s…
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High Density Growth
A fusion of vertical greening and urban agriculture, this interesting ‘product’ was spotted from Treehugger. A company by the name of Valcent Products developed this system for high-density gardening by, you guessed it, going upwards. Some images from the company’s El Paso facility: :: images via Valcent Products Via Valcent: “The HDVG system grows plants…
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Urban Ag: The Pulse
It’s been a while since I’ve done a significant post on urban agriculture. This is somewhat purposeful – for one everywhere you look the topic has caught fire. A quick summary shows recent articles in the LA Times, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, American City, CNN, San Francisco Chronicle, Globe & Mail, Granville, Dwell, Slate…
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Spotted: Pay Phone Planter
We’ve all seen them, although less and less with the popularity of cell phones – the ubitquitous phone booth. Recently on a site visit, I was walking by an adjacent property and spied some great makeshift plastic planters. I’d been looking at prefab products to use for rooftop agriculture, so did a double-take on these.…