World Examples of Veg.itecture

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Greetings... I'm currently applying for a year long fellowship to investigate examples of Vegetated Architecture (i.e. Green Roofs, Green Walls, and the like) around the world, with a goal of learning from the precedents and technologies and bringing these ideas and information back to the Pacific Northwest to disseminate locally and regionally. This builds on the work I've been doing (amongst others) on my blog Landscape+Urbanism (http://landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com/) which has many of these examples, both built and unbuilt.

Does anyone have examples they like around the world for stellar and innovative examples, particularly focusing on green walls, and geographically focused on North America, Europe, and Asia (as these will be my travel destinations).

Also - I've started a group for anyone interested in discussing these items - and this exciting trend for landscape architecture.
http://www.land8lounge.com/group/vegitecture/

Tags: green, projects, roofs, vegitecture, walls

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Permalink Reply by Joshua K on August 9, 2008 at 11:01pm: The first example that came to my mind is: Nanyang Technical University, Singapore; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jason King on August 10, 2008 at 1:36pm: Joshua, definitely one of my favorites, for sure... Actually on the first ever Veg.itecture post:
http://landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com/search?q=nanyang

I recently did a post on some similar projects that connect the ground to the rooftop - which I think offers some untapped potential for open space and habitat:

http://landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com/2008/08/ground-to-sky-conn...

Another North American example is the Queens Botanical Garden...

http://landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com/2008/02/vegitecture-queens...

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Permalink Reply by Jacques Abelman on September 30, 2008 at 12:33am: Mercator Sportplaza in Amsterdam by Venhoeven Architects. It's got a completely green skin.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Grazyna Maniecka on September 30, 2008 at 7:48am

ann-demeulemeester-shop, SEUL
Urban Farm - MoMA,

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Permalink Reply by Jason King on October 2, 2008 at 11:13pm: Thanks for the project leads... the Ann Demeulemeester project in Seoul project is one of the first one's I spotted on L+U... and the PS1 project gets double props for vegitecture AND urban agriculture. I'd not seen the Mercator Sportplaza... definitely worth a full post on the blog soon...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Robert Becker on October 3, 2008 at 11:23am: Of course there is the brand new Academy of Science in San Francisco; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Grazyna Maniecka on October 5, 2008 at 4:21am: Try new Hilton's hotel in Wroclaw, Poland. It's the first green wall in Poland:

http://miasta.gazeta.pl/wroclaw/51,49744,4212504.html?i=1

By the way: Your blog is awesome!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jason King on October 5, 2008 at 11:11pm: Thanks Grazyna... The hilton project is pretty awesome...
and thanks for the kind words on the blog!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jordi on October 8, 2008 at 12:19am: Barcelona génetica project. Uses phosforescent lemon trees to illuminate Barcelona.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jason King on October 14, 2008 at 10:03pm: Very interesting Jordi... one of those ideas potentially veering into that nebulous genetically modified territory... it brings up an interesting question - in our quest for Veg.itecture, how much can we push the limits of 'natural' process to achieve a certain verdant ends? Obvious we are creating an analog for natural systems - but how much do we adhere to the rules and how many can we break?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jordi on October 14, 2008 at 11:23pm: I think that is potentially more dangerous to modify a plant to be resistant than modifying it to be phosphorescent. And we are doing this first thing since to many years ago. Perhaps the problem is that modifying visible things is more alarming.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Clayton Munson on October 15, 2008 at 7:46am: Are these trees that have been modified to "glow" sterile or can this trait be passed along through pollination?
I agree with the statement that plants modified to be resistant can be more dangerous due to the fact that those things that they are resistant to mutate.; ▶ Reply to This