Living plant walls, also known as green walls, are a great way to provide impact to the interior and exterior of your commercial project. The building design is the first thing a client see when they come to your building, so making sure it stands out will give a good first impression. Green wall structures provide unique visuals with a number of other benefits for clients and employees.
At ARC Structures, we have the experience needed to supply you with a well managed final product. Our operations cover all stages of the implementation process for clients both large and small, providing precise engineering solutions to create remarkable tensile structures that are tailored to your project. In this article, we will go over some of the benefits of our green wall structures, as well as information on how they’re built.
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How to Build a Living Plant Wall
Green walls are a great way to bring nature back into an urban environment. They are versatile and sustainable, with a number of design options to suit your commercial project needs.
Modern construction methods have enhanced the way in which living plant green walls can be implemented, allowing for lightweight systems with easy installation and long-lasting benefits for aesthetics and more.
A green wall tensile structure is made through a combination of steel wire, rods, and mesh. These are interlaced with the plants of your choosing to best suit your design specification, visuals, and individual project needs.
You have to make sure you understand the space involved and how best to utilise it when implementing a green wall into your project, whether for indoor or outdoor living plant systems. Working with ARC can help you to do this, as we collaborate with you through our design phase to make sure your needs are tailored to.
Choosing the right plants for your green wall can be the difference between a great project and an outstanding one, so making sure you understand what the choices are and what benefits they give is a good way to maximise the impact of a living plant wall in your commercial building.
What are the Best Plants for a Living Wall?
Making sure you choose the best plant for your living wall can be hard. There are a number of implications when choosing a plant, from the visuals they give to the cost of plants of various maturities, that can determine which is best for your project.
There is an almost overwhelming amount of choice for plants that can be used for a living green wall. We have put together a list of some of our favourites to help give some inspiration and point you in the right direction:
- Common Ivy. This classic choice comes with a range of options and applications, making it suitable for almost any commercial green wall project.
- Oregon Grape. This shrub is evergreen, meaning it keeps its impact throughout the year. The jagged leaves grant a sharp visual, and seasonal flowers and berries keep it fresh.
- This is a type of plant that lives all year round, much like an evergreen. Choosing perennial flowers keeps the vibrancy of your green wall at its fullest potential.
- Sweet Box. Another evergreen, this plant features winter flowers and summer berries, accompanied by glossed leaves that give it a distinguishable appearance.
- Herbs, Fruits, and Vegetables. Although a less-common choice, there are plenty of fragrant and visually striking options to choose from that come with functional benefits to elevate your commercial project on all levels.
- Artificial Plants. This type of green wall wouldn’t really be a living plant wall, but it would still have the same visual benefits – other benefits, such as air recycling through plant respiration, wouldn’t be present.
While the plants that are included in this list have their own optimal uses, these and many more can be good for consideration when planning your commercial project. Whichever plant you choose, incorporating a green wall into your build comes with a number of additional benefits.
What are the Benefits of a Commercial Green Wall
Using living plant green walls for your commercial project is a great way to make a bold environmental statement while providing a number of functionalities for both your workforce and your clients.
Help bring life to your project, both in the vibrancy of its design and the potential for wildlife and nature to encroach on an industrialised area, with green wall tensile structures. With a number of benefits to both indoor and outdoor applications, they are a great fit for any business.
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Outdoor Living Plant Walls
A green wall façade is an effective way to refresh a worn-out look on your building. Working off the framework of wire ropes, rods, and mesh, green wall systems are a growing way to improve the aesthetics of your building along with its lifespan.
Some of the key benefits to including a living plant wall in your outdoor commercial project are:
- Weatherproofing protection.
- Visual enhancement.
- Wildlife support in an urban space.
- Pleasant climate.
- Noise reduction.
- Increased air quality.
- Possible energy saving.
- Environmental benefits.
Outdoor living plant walls are a great addition to any project, providing a variety of benefits, a unique look, and a green statement that will make your commercial building stand out among the crowd.
Indoor Living Plant Walls
Innovations in the technologies behind green wall structures have enabled their use inside of buildings by utilising features such as single-cable systems. Not only does this help to create a striking appearance that isn’t likely to be forgotten, but there are a number of other benefits that come with using green walls inside your buildings, including:
- A cleaner environment.
- Cleaner, cooler air.
- A reduction in carbon monoxide levels.
- Filtering for pollutants.
- A unique look.
Plants have always been used for interior design as a functional choice with a great visual impact. For tensile green walls from ARC Structures, these benefits are taken to the next level – your clients and employees will be sure to notice the difference.
Our living plant tensile structures are perfect for interior locations such as receptions, lobbies, walkways, and halls, adding colour and life while providing a powerful ecological statement for the business. They improve the quality-of-life of the workforce, bringing a controlled element of nature into an otherwise urban space.
Green Wall Solutions from ARC Structures
If you’re after an aesthetically pleasing way to improve the interior or exterior of your commercial building project, look no further. Living plant green wall from ARC Structures are among the best of our tensile structures, providing a whole range of benefits to your clients and workforce while also offering a unique look that elevates you above your competitors.
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