a Cube garden in Rome

admin — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:43:20 +0000

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A cube garden. In Rome, the redevelopment of a lodge settled between tall buildings offered the opportunity to build a four-sided vertical green. White windows and doors emerge from the lush foliage of the living walls. The plant species selection depends on light exposure: varieties of Clorophytum, ferns and Vinca for the spots with more hours of shade, Geranium macrorrhizum and Erigeron karvinskianus for the brighter ones. The panels hosting the vegetation are installed on the facades through steel frames with anti-corrosion treatment and stainless steel fasteners and connectors. Small carpentry details add on the natural effect by concealing the integrated fertigation system. The decision to create a cube garden with vegetation on the facade saves space. The free courtyard can be set as needed. The vegetation along the boundaries has been recovered and enhanced through appropriate pruning and additions.

Location: Roma, Italy
Site area: 97 m2
Partner: Peverelli Srl
Year: 2015 (design), 2016 (construction)
Services: Concept, preliminary and construction project, planting design, construction works supervision

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Green walls for a bank courtyard, Milan

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 14:34:22 +0000

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Green walls design is able to reinterpret a courtyard with flamboyant greenery respecting the original atmosphere. In Milan, contemporary vertical green techniques and classic local plant species converge to create a welcoming environment. A hidden treasure for customers and employees of the city branch of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Being an intervention on a building in the historic centre, I first arranged the submission of the project to the Landscape Commission of the Metropolitan City of Milan. Following, I drove the Client’s requests to construction project level, helped to select providers, then coordinated and supervised the whole construction process. The peculiarity of this three-storey green courtyard project is the masking of the thickness of the supporting structure of the green wall systems by adding bright coloured thresholds and frames. The continuity between architecture and green walls is reinforced by the integration of the fertigation and recirculation system into the existing flooring. The natural effect of this ‘upward courtyard’ is amplified by the use of typical yet often underestimated species of Milanese courtyards such as Bergenia cordifolia, Vinca major and Campanula spp.

Location: Largo Cairoli, Milan, Italy
Site area: 134 m2
Partners: Peverelli Srl, Banco dei Paschi di Siena architectural department
Year: 2015
Services: Construction design, plant design, technical advise on green walls systems and architectonic integration, construction works supervision

Green wall species layout project, drawing by Valerio Cozzi

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