Eden at New Bailey
Category:
GREEN WALLS
Project general details
Nominator
Investor
Supplier
Architect
Viritopia Ltd
Muse Places
Make Architects
Viritopia Ltd
Location (City)
GPS
Country
Region
Year of nomination
Manchester
data
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe
2024
Project specifications
Eden at New Bailey was installed by Viritopia in 2023. It currently holds the record for the largest living wall in Europe. Eden has achieved an astonishing 5.5 NABER star rating, the highest ever recorded. This living wall, along with a very sustainable interior of the project, makes Eden one of the most sustainable offices in the UK. Not only does this project improve the aesthetics of the building, but the local biodiversity has seen a huge improvement since the wall was installed. The building is home to over 350,000 plants. Eden will be enabled to run solely on 100% renewable electricity, with no gas heating or hot water, and has been designed using the UK Green Building Council’s 2030-2035 operational energy targets. This façade has been designed to remove air pollutants including carbon, reduce urban temperatures offering thermal benefits to occupiers, and deliver a 174% net gain in the biodiversity of the area, while at the same time providing high-quality green spaces.
Object type
Green wall area (m2)
Year of completion
Project in operation?
Commercial buildings
3400
2023
YES
Green wall specification
Method of establishment of vegetation
Grown in the ANS Living Wall System
Vegetation
A mix of ornamental shrubs, herbaceous, perennials and bulbs
Vegetation layer
NA
Retention layer
NA
Filtration layer
NA
Drainage layer
NA
Separate layer
NA
Protective layer
NA
Root layer
NA
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