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  • As part of the Naturvation H2020 project, 1000 projects were included from 100 European cities (2017-2021);
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Vegetable Garden at the Roof of the Pasteur Clinic
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10) Health and well-being (SDG 3) Economic development and employment (SDG 8) Cultural heritage and cultural diversity Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Nature on buildings (external) Community gardens and allotments
Toulouse, France

Vegetable Garden On The Roof Of The Pasteur Clinic

The Pasteur clinic in Toulouse installed a 500m² vegetable garden on the roof of its building in 2014. Maintained by clinic employees and various associations, the garden…
Budget€10,000 - €50,000
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Vegetal wall at the Max Juvenal Bridge
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality
Nature on buildings (external)
Aix-en-Provence, France

Vegetal Wall at the Max Juvenal Bridge

In 2008, a green wall of more than 500 m^2 using a hydroponic watering system was developed on the side of the Max Juvenal bridge. Designed by Patrick Blanc, french botanist…
BudgetUnknown
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A group of students in front of a green wall
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Regeneration, land-use and urban development Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10) Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Nature on buildings (external) Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Rouen, France

Vegetal wall created in a preschool

A class of thirty students of a preschool "Jeanne Hachette of Rouen built, in the playground, an overgrown plant wall where climb non-toxic plants blooming from June to…
BudgetUnknown
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Vegetal Wall of a Bus Station
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Water management (SDG 6) Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality Regeneration, land-use and urban development Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Nature on buildings (external)
Aix-en-Provence, France

Vegetal Wall of a Bus Station

The construction of a new main bus station inaugurated in 2014, is part of a desire to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to encourage users to favor bus routes (Ref. 1).…
BudgetMore than €4,000,000
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Ospedale dell'Angelo
Water management (SDG 6) Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Regeneration, land-use and urban development Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Nature on buildings (external) Parks and urban forests Blue infrastructure Nature in buildings (indoor) Green areas for water management
Venezia, Italy

Venice-Mestre Angel Hospital

The campus of the Venice-Mestre Hospital (Ospedale dell’Angelo Mestre, Angel Hospital), considered the most technologically advanced health facility in Italy is a general…
Budget€500,000 - €2,000,000
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Handicrafts made from reed extracted from the Ventanilla Wetlands ACR.
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Environmental quality Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Water management (SDG 6) Health and well-being (SDG 3) Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10) Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Blue infrastructure
Lima (FUA), Peru

Ventanilla Wetlands

The "Ventanilla Wetlands" Regional Conservation Area (ACR) is an area of 275.45 hectares protected and administered by the Regional Management of Natural Resources…
BudgetUnknown
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Vertical lettuce pots
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10) Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Community gardens and allotments
Lima (FUA), Peru

Vertical Biogarden

The Surco district of Lima has implemented a vertical bio-garden occupying a 685 square meter area within El Aire Park. The garden comprises a 600-meter linear structure…
BudgetUnknown
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View of the NBS
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality Regeneration, land-use and urban development Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Nature on buildings (external)
Milano, Italy

Vertical Forest

This NBS is part of the new Porta Nuova area, an extended urban transformation of a neglected area of Milan. It consists of two residential towers of 110 and 76 m height…
BudgetMore than €4,000,000
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Picture shows the entrance of the BCC, alongside the Bosque Vertical
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Environmental quality Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Nature on buildings (external)
Lisboa (FUA), Portugal

Vertical Forest at CCB

The Bosque Vertical do Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in Lisbon (Vertical Forest at CCB), designed by Francisco Caldeira Cabral, is an innovative vertical garden inaugurated…
BudgetUnknown
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Vertical Garden in front of the Hotel
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Nature on buildings (external)
Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Vertical Garden

Vertical Garden is a 110 m2 garden installed in 2015 by Singular Green in front of the Hotel HM Tropical, as an outdoor project. (Ref 1) In October 2016, there was another…
BudgetUnknown
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Vertical Garden, InternetSupport Bielefeld
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality
Nature in buildings (indoor)
Bielefeld, Germany

Vertical Garden

An indoor vertical garden by a French botanist Patrick Blanc installed at the Headquarters office of the InternetSupport company in Bielefeld. The garden cleans the air and…
BudgetUnknown
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Vertical Garden 1
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Water management (SDG 6) Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Nature on buildings (external)
Sevilla (FUA), Spain

Vertical Garden

A 40 m2 vertical garden installed on one of the clinic's walls in 2012. It was the first vertical garden to be constructed in a hospital in Europe. It aimed to create a…
BudgetUnknown
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Vertical Garden las Delicias 1
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16) Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10) Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Nature on buildings (external) Parks and urban forests
Zaragoza, Spain

Vertical Garden las Delicias

"After the intervention, the 530 square metres of the block of land have been turned into a new public square with a metal structure over fifteen metres high which is…
Budget€500,000 - €2,000,000
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Vertical garden on community building
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13) Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality Regeneration, land-use and urban development Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Nature on buildings (external)
Athens, Greece

Vertical garden on community building

Athens' first vertical garden has been installed temporarily at the entrance to the City of Athens administrative building at 22 Liossion St during the city's first…
BudgetUnknown
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Vertical Garden Pericon Plaza
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16) Economic development and employment (SDG 8) Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Nature on buildings (external)
Málaga, Spain

Vertical Garden Pericon Plaza

The vertical garden is 600 m2 and is an intervention implemented in Pericon Plaza in the old city of Malaga. The garden is placed above a large metal mural with inspirational…
Budget€500,000 - €2,000,000
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J&T bank cafe Bratislava
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15) Environmental quality Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Nature in buildings (indoor)
Bratislava, Slovakia

Vertical Garden Wall at the J&T Bank Café

The Vertical Garden Wall situated at the J&T Bank Café Bratislava was constructed in 2010 as Bratislava's first vertical green wall. The green wall in the two-story…
Budget€100,000 - €500,000
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