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Green Walls

N7 Living Wall

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Constructing a living wall, Ludwigsburg
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Challenges
Climate Resilience Water Management Natural and Climate Hazards Biodiversity Enhancement Air Quality Health and Well-being Social Justice and Social Cohesion
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Description

Free-standing living walls are fairly heavy installations consisting of vertically layered soil or substrate that is contained within metal caging. Vegetation is then planted on top of the installation and on its vertical sides. Verticalization of greenspaces is a space-efficient method of increasing vegetated surfaces with many ecological functions within urban environments. For example, they can support biodiversity, help improve local thermal comfort and can also be used as noise barriers along highly frequented roads.

Conditions for Implementation
  • The ground and underground space needs to be sufficiently loadable to support this relatively heavy installation
  • A sustainable irrigation system should be implemented
Similar Terminology
Free standing living wall
Green wall
Green noise barrier
Performance
    Cooling Service Transpiration ● ● ○
    Shading ● ● ○
    Evaporation ● ○ ○
    Building (Insulation) ○ ○ ○
    Reflection (Albedo) ● ● ○
    Surface Water Regulation Water Conveyance ○ ○ ○
    Water Infiltration ○ ○ ○
    Water Retention ○ ○ ○
    Water Storage ○ ○ ○
    Water Reuse ○ ○ ○
    Water Purification Water Filtering ○ ○ ○
    Water Bio-remediation ○ ○ ○
    Air Purification and Noise Reduction Deposition ● ○ ○
    Air Biofiltration ● ○ ○
    Noise Reduction ○ ○ ○
    Biodiversity Habitat Provision ● ● ○
    Connectivity ● ○ ○
    Socio-Cultural Services Beauty / Appearance ● ● ○
    Usability / Functionality ● ○ ○
    Social Interaction ● ○ ○
    Education ○ ○ ○
    Provisioning Service Food / Energy / Material ○ ○ ○
    Climate Regulation CO2 Sequestration ● ○ ○