Plaza Delicias Vertical Garden - Project of the Week 6/2/14

After a demolished building left unsightly flank walls facing a small empty lot in a densely populated neighborhood in the city of Zaragoza, the Residents Association of Delicias garnered support for revitalization of the site. The public plaza needed to provide multiple benefits including offering a meeting place for the community as well as a space for leisure and integration and association with much desired nature: a 20-meter high vertical garden was the answer. A metaphor for a tree, the concept, design and development of the custom metal hanging garden was lead by Joaquín Sicilia Carnicer of Sicilia y Asociados Arquitectura, which took over 10 years. The conceptual genesis expands the Plaza Delicias in a tight urban space by developing a vertical garden of 500 linear meters of different heights with various accesses and platforms for activities forming over 800 m2 of landscaping elements, in addition to 530 m2 of plants located at the Plaza Delicias street level. Multi-level accessible vegetated ramps ascend up to almost 15 meters high with a "botanical route" encompassing 84 different plants. The route crisscrosses the space of the square at a height as if they were tree branches sprouting out from the trunk. Click here: http://www.greenroofs.com/projects/pv... to see more information about this project in The International Greenroof & Greenwall Projects Database http://www.greenroofs.com/projects/. Did we miss your contribution? Please let us know to add you to the profile. Would you like one of your projects to be featured? We have to have a profile first! Submit Your Project Profile http://www.greenroofs.com/submit_a_pr....