Façade greening: A case study from melbourne, Australia

Abstract

Despite increasing interest in façade greening, there is little published research in the area. This paper describes the results of a study of the façade greening at Council House 2 (CH2) in central Melbourne, Australia. Located on nine levels of the northern side of the building, the installation consists of 90 modular planters placed on balconies external to the building and supported by a 150 mm gauge stainless steel X-tendTM mesh trellis. 164 plants from five different species were planted in August 2006: Clematis aristata, Kennedia rubicunda, Kennedia nigricans, Pandorea pandorana, Trachelospermum jasminoides. Evaluation in March 2008 showed a 61% 'failure' (death, poor cover) of all pl..