1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1) Provide an example of sustainability housing for the city of Lisbon, keeping the principles of a living environment and a relationship with the outside, assuming a revitalizing urban role. (ref.3)
2) Create a vertical garden with low levels of water consumption as well as little gardening challenges. (ref.3)
3) Include plants that would thrive in the Lisbon climate, which meant plants native to Portugal (ref.1)
4) Choose plants that stay green throughout the year and insulate the property, making it cooler than a conventional house in summer (ref.1)
From a climatic point of view, a number of positive aspects can be pointed out: this green façade absorbs CO2 (thus helping to reduce CO2 levels), improves air quality, and works as a natural layer of insulation for both temperature and noise. (4)
2) Create a vertical garden with low levels of water consumption as well as little gardening challenges. (ref.3)
3) Include plants that would thrive in the Lisbon climate, which meant plants native to Portugal (ref.1)
4) Choose plants that stay green throughout the year and insulate the property, making it cooler than a conventional house in summer (ref.1)
From a climatic point of view, a number of positive aspects can be pointed out: this green façade absorbs CO2 (thus helping to reduce CO2 levels), improves air quality, and works as a natural layer of insulation for both temperature and noise. (4)
Quantitative targets
Vertical garden, filled with about 4,500 plants of 25 different Iberian and Mediterranean varieties.
Area of 100 square meters (ref.3)
Area of 100 square meters (ref.3)
Monitoring indicators defined
Total area of vegetation cover. (ref.3)
Number of plants selected.(ref.3)
Number of plants selected.(ref.3)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate change adaptation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change adaptation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Climate change mitigation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change mitigation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
Search for plants that would thrive in the Lisbon climate, which meant plants native to Portugal.
Like other vertical gardens, this one is built by layering the plants over an acrylic layer that channels a nutrient-rich solution of water to their roots. (ref.1)
The vertical garden helps the building thermally. There are solar panels above the elevators for water heating, and the very concept of architecture also makes it sustainable, as it brings nature into the centre of the city.
The vertical green facades act as a mini lung and an example of sustainability for the city of Lisbon, increasing the green space in an innovative way by implementing it in a building. (3)
Like other vertical gardens, this one is built by layering the plants over an acrylic layer that channels a nutrient-rich solution of water to their roots. (ref.1)
The vertical garden helps the building thermally. There are solar panels above the elevators for water heating, and the very concept of architecture also makes it sustainable, as it brings nature into the centre of the city.
The vertical green facades act as a mini lung and an example of sustainability for the city of Lisbon, increasing the green space in an innovative way by implementing it in a building. (3)
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
BWA says that this construction is a unique project in Portugal and the first housing building with vertical gardens covering its facades. (ref.2) This project is a mini lung and an example of sustainability for the city of Lisbon, keeping the principles of a living typical habitat and a relationship with the outside, assuming a revitalizing urban role. (3)
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
The architect had already incorporated a small vertical garden into a hotel he had designed in northern Portugal, but this project would involve a much larger green space.
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
