Jialin Tong: Living Wall: Jungle the Concrete, Gebunden

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My dear readers, whether you are a proprietor or an architect, an engineer, or even just passer-by, and you have seen some green walls, realization or images, perhaps from books, perhaps from internet, perhaps from architect s renderings. You may ask yourself: Is it real? How to make it? What makes it success? This book includes not only technical data about green walls, but also some of the latest green wall projects for inspiration. This book is composed by two parts: technical theories and some wonderful projects. The first part goes into finer details about green wall systems characteristics, design approaches and considerations, including all the aspects such as system construction, growing medium, plants, irrigation and illumination. Quite a few of examples and technology drawings have been used to make theories easy and clear to understand. The secrets why King of green wall Patrick Blanc s success has also been discussed in this part. The second part of the book is a fine collection of green wall projects completed by worldly renowned designers such as Patrick Blanc, Vertical Garden Design and Kengo Kuma and Associates. Not only that, each project in this book has detailed drawings which is a great value for designers.