Outdoor Engineering LIVING WALLS
Now firmly embedded in the urban dwellers consciousness, living walls are emerging in cities across the UK, supported by smart commercial businesses and retailers, and private customers wanting to create a green haven; with good reason - living walls offer benefits which far exceed beautiful aesthetics or indeed the WOW factor.
The benefits of incorporating living walls range from reduction of the urban heat island effect, improved biodiversity and habitats for invertebrates and birds, thermal benefits to buildings, air quality improvements from both interior and exterior walls, flood attenuation... the list goes on firmly justifying living wall’s place in greening the built environment.
How does an architect navigate around the multitude of systems available? What are the key points to consider when specifying a system? We have a system which meets key influencing criteria. The Scotscape Living Wall system is fabric, inspired by the early living wall system developed by the iconic French botanist Patrik Blanc - many of his first installations remain in wonderful condition and support fantastic plant growth and health (such as the Athenaeum Hotel on Piccadilly). This is the first reason why fabric is good news, our specialist material is porous, this assists with supporting bigger better plant growth especially for native plants - which is beneficial for BREEAM points. The system although very robust, is lightweight, reducing the square metre weight from 70kg for more traditional systems to 40kg - fully planted and saturated. There are no waiting times for installation as the Scotscape Living Wall is planted in situ, enabling the customer to observe the ongoing growth and development of the planting plan. The flexible nature of the fabric enables application of the system onto curved surfaces - expanding the possibilities of greening up otherwise tricky locations.
Living walls have long been considered a luxury item with prices in the early days of the industry being prohibitive. Scotscape Living Wall offers a competitive, effective, lightweight option to the market and opens the way for the 2nd generation of living wall systems.
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