Queens Wharf - Suspended Living Columns
Category:
GREEN WALLS
Project general details
Nominator
Investor
Supplier
Architect
Fytogreen Australia
Fresh Landscapes
Cottee Parker
Fytogreen Australia
Location (City)
GPS
Country
Region
Year of nomination
Brisbane
data
Australia
Oceania
2024
Project specifications
We are excited to introduce Fytogreen’s Suspended Living Columns, setting a new benchmark in urban greening. This innovative project, completed in June 2024, is situated within the esteemed Queens Wharf Precinct in Brisbane. The project showcases 10 suspended Fyto-Columns, each towering at an impressive 8 meters. These verdant columns, hanging as a central feature in the building’s atrium, are comprised of a total area of 73m² of vertical garden and host a varied array of 82 species, totalling 1,890 plants. This project was a joint effort between Fytogreen Australia (responsible for design, installation, and maintenance), Fresh Landscapes (client), Cottee Parker (architect), Multiplex (builder), and Innovative Rigging (structural cables). Each column is fully equipped with concealed internal pumps and a remotely monitored irrigation and fertigation system ensuring optimum plant health. These Fytogreen Suspended Living Columns not only espouse architectural merit; but also promote the b
Object type
Green wall area (m2)
Year of completion
Project in operation?
Commercial buildings
73
2024
YES
Green wall specification
Method of establishment of vegetation
130mm pot size
Vegetation
A varied array of 82 species, totalling 1,890 plants were included in the planting design which was developed with the aid of a sophisticated computer simulated daylight analysis modelled on the atrium space during the design phase.
Vegetation layer
A total of 70 modules were pre-grown under controlled conditions for 18 months - which was 15 months more than typically required due to project delays.
Retention layer
N/A
Filtration layer
N/A
Drainage layer
N/A
Separate layer
N/A
Protective layer
N/A
Root layer
FC Fytofelt felt wrap system over an aluminium core suspended via a Stainless Steel rod frame for each module.
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