Landscape design tecghniques in high-rise buildings
In section it is clearly visible that the vertical green wall has been provided in three tiers. Green wall splits into three individual areas in verticality, each one supported by the façade and getting bigger as it goes upwards. It comprises of aluminium braces, counterbalance 1.4 meters from façade and climbing creepers which are more that 2-4 stories in height. Plants used in the green wall is deciduous plant which provides shade from sun in the summer and during winters it allows sun when the plants shed their leaves.
Figure 47- Variation of green wall due to seasonal change. Source- (Antony Wood, 2014)
3.1.4 Analysis of green wall The green wall used in this building is a twofold vegetated veneers that is façade-upheld green wall. The green wall is 1.4 meters away from the actual façade of the building. The green wall system starts from the initial three stories because the below one are shaded by the road trees. As well as the highest floors are shaded by the use of cantilever of 4.5 meters wide, which acts as the crown of the building visually. As for the warmth island impact, the building has incorporated a 290-square-meter wellspring at the ground level with water bodies and distributors which contributes to evaporative cooling of the building. At road level additional trees were planted to shade up to the third floor of the building and make the pathway cool. The green wall was made with deciduous climbing plants. It delivers a stack impact between the outside, directs the warm air to rise up, into the above atmosphere.
Figure 48-The building façade during summers. The building façade during autumn. Source- google
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