1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
The goals behind the implementation of the green wall are mostly related to increasing vegetation area, with the designed space allowing for approximately 6000 plants to be included in the structure (Ref. 3), and with a focus on mainly including endemic plants (35 different species and 10 families)(Refs. 1 & 3).
Other goals related to the implementation of the green wall include:
-Temperature reduction (both outdoors and within the building);
- Production of oxygen and capturing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and industries in urban areas (Ref. 2), and also trapping of dust and heavy metals (Ref. 3).
Lastly, in designing and implementing this green wall, the designer of the wall, Ignacio Solana, laid out his intention to "work...with the botany of each place, generating a kind of botanical museum on a wall" (Ref. 3).
Other goals related to the implementation of the green wall include:
-Temperature reduction (both outdoors and within the building);
- Production of oxygen and capturing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and industries in urban areas (Ref. 2), and also trapping of dust and heavy metals (Ref. 3).
Lastly, in designing and implementing this green wall, the designer of the wall, Ignacio Solana, laid out his intention to "work...with the botany of each place, generating a kind of botanical museum on a wall" (Ref. 3).
Quantitative targets
The wall on which the vertical garden was to be constructed had a length of 52 meters and a height of 4.5 meters, giving a total area of approximately 300 square meters (Refs. 1 & 3). It was quantified that the project would allow space for approximately 6000 plants to be included, and it was decided that these plants would encompass 35 species from 10 families (Ref. 3).
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
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?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What types of conservation goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
The wall on which the vertical garden was to be constructed was "made up of various fibers that will maintain moisture through an artificial fertigation system with small pockets" (Ref. 3). As above, approximately 6000 individual plants were added to the wall, comprising 35 species and 10 families (Ref. 3).
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
The NBS can be considered a technological innovation, as it concerns the inclusion of a green wall into infrastructural design.
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
It is unclear whether this project was copied/derived from a specific previous initiative. However, there is evidence of vertical gardens having similarly been created in the region prior to the development of this project (Ref. 2), and Ignacio Solano, the founder of Paisajismo Urbano, who developed and implemented the Celebra vertical garden, has "worked on more than 20 large vertical gardens throughout America" (Ref. 3).
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
