ThingsOrdinary - March 3rd, 2006

At my architectural firm, we are working on a project where actual screens along the walls of this new facility will facilitate vines and other plants that will grow up the sides of the building. I thought this was an interesting take on the green roof experiments out west. The company that is building the screens is called Greenscreen and they've done most of their work in California, so this is a huge deal for Charlotte, NC. Here are some pictures of projects Greenscreen has completed out west:









"Manufactured from recycled steel, this three dimensional welded wire system creates a captive growing space three inches deep to allow plant materials to intertwine and grow within the panel. With the easily adaptable system of attachment clips, the panel can attach to a building façade, and can span openings between floors or horizontally between posts." -greenscreen website: http://www.greenscreen.com