Sustainability in terms of design, materials and construction is also an important factor to consider when discussing vegetated façades in India. A well designed and carefully built vertical garden system has a number of requisites.Plants should be selected after considering plant sustenance and performance with respect to climatic zone, light intensity, humidity, temperature, air-conditioned environments, wind velocity, salt spray, pollution and other factors.The living wall plant modules utilised in this green façade were grown in the ELT facility at Pune from July 2013. The horizontal members and drains were produced and installed on the fabricated structure in a span of twelve days.The HDFC green façade is a unique design where a green wall has been introduced in the courtyard of a seven-storey building at BackBay Reclamation, Mumbai. In recent years, Vertical Garden has become a favourite among those who wish for lush green surrounding but are faced with space restrictions. Vertical garden is not limited to barren outdoor walls or indoor spaces but have come to include façades as well. A well designed and constructed vegetated façade can provide a thick layer of greenery that is aesthetically pleasing, can act as a thermal insulator and provide a habitat for fauna.Vertical gardens have various names in the industry, namely living wall, bio wall, green wall, vegetated wall, breathing walls and so on, depending on their individual brands
The green wall rests on a curved fabricated structure which measures 9.1 m wide x 21m high.Know more
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