Last updated: October 2021
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 serves the aesthetic function of being an interior decoration (1).
Source: https://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/node/6938
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Nature in buildings (indoor)
- Green walls and ceilings
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Environmental quality
- Air quality improvement
- Noise reduction
Focus
Creation of new green areas
Project objectives
1. To increase the amount of greenery (2);
2. To increase the attractiveness of urban neighbourhoods / private company (2);
3. To improve the air quality (4);
4. Improvement of work conditions (and, consequently, results) for office employees (4);
5. Decrease in the noise level and improvement of acoustics (4).
Implementation activities
1. Creation of the supporting wall module system (1)
2. Plantation of the green garden with various species (2)
Main beneficiaries
- Private sector/Corporate/Company
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Led by non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Private sector/corporate actor/company
- Other
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Unknown
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
Project commissioned by Internetsupport Bielefeld GmbH and completed by a French botanist Patrick Blanc. (1)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Unknown
Type of funding
- Unknown
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Unknown
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Unknown
Type of reported impacts
No impacts reported
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. Patrick Blanc. (2014.) InternetSupport, Bielefeld. Accessed August 23, 2020, Source link.
2. Whatman, P. (2016). Patrick Blanc & The Hanging Gardens Of Paris. Culture Trip. Accessed August 23, 2020, Source link.
3. Zimmer, L. (2014). Patrick Blanc’s Lush Vertical Garden Is a Green Oasis in the Middle of Madrid. Accessed August 23, 2020, Source link.
4. (2017). GREEN WALL SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS, [Document not available in August 2020]
5. International Green Wall conference 2014. (2014). [Website not available in August, 2020]
2. Whatman, P. (2016). Patrick Blanc & The Hanging Gardens Of Paris. Culture Trip. Accessed August 23, 2020, Source link.
3. Zimmer, L. (2014). Patrick Blanc’s Lush Vertical Garden Is a Green Oasis in the Middle of Madrid. Accessed August 23, 2020, Source link.
4. (2017). GREEN WALL SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS, [Document not available in August 2020]
5. International Green Wall conference 2014. (2014). [Website not available in August, 2020]
Source: https://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/node/6938
Source: https://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/node/6938
Source: https://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/node/6938
Source: https://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/node/6938