Going green with vertical landscapes / edited by Vo Trong Nghia and Takashi Niwa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vo, Trong Nghia, editor.

Niwa, Takashi, editor.

John Dixon Hunt Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable architecture.

Sustainable architecture--Designs and plans.

Landscape architecture--Environmental aspects.

Landscape architecture.

Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.

Sustainable buildings.

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Physical Description:

239 pages : illustrations, plans ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia : Images Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

"In the 21st century the architects and designers of urban spaces face great challenges to integrate nature in order to transform cement forests into forest cities . Perhaps the best solution is to go green with vertical landscapes. More than just a decorative trend, this is a means of bringing life and greenery into metropolitan areas by using different framing systems to create compositions of plant life and adapt them to diverse settings, including offices, factories, parking lots, hotels, and installations within larger parks. Enriched by the reflections of the inventive protagonists of this fertile new aesthetic, Going Green with Vertical Landscapes is organised by theme and canvases early experiments conducted by famous design companies like Vo Trong Nghia Architects (VTN), Fytogreen Australia and RYUICHI ASHIZAWA ARCHITECTS & associates. All of these projects combine man-made materials, recent technologies, and diverse types of vegetation to conquer the vertical dimension."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Guidelines for green facades and roof gardens

Guidelines for going green

Case studies: green facades; green walls; roof gardens.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Dixon Hunt Fund.

ISBN:

1864707550

9781864707557

OCLC:

1012800433