植物以牆為家，已有幾個世紀了，但有時總和建築產生不協調感，常常破壞了建築立面結構上的完整性。Patrick Blanc的"直立式花園系統(Vertical Garden System)"，法語稱為Le Mur Vegetal，卻能讓植物和建築以和諧的方式互賴生存。這位植物學家兼直立花園設計師，最為人所知的作品可能就是巴黎Musée du quai Branly建築立面上那道生意盎然的牆(上圖左)。不僅如此，Patrick Blanc的"直立式花園系統"還可以適用在任何地方，無論室內外，並可適應在任何氣候環境下。
這個系統由三個部分組成，分別是PVC層，毛氈層和金屬框架，提供了免土壤以及自行支撐的系統，因為質量很輕，所以可以外掛在牆上，甚至可以懸吊在空中。重量每平方公尺小於30公斤。
這種直立式花園可以被用來作為美觀的戶外系統，或者被用在室內和人造燈光一起搭配。這種自然直立花園的好處很多，包括改善空氣品質，降低能源消耗，在天氣與居著住者間提供自然的保護層。無論你居住在哪裡，都市或是市郊，寒冷或炎熱，室內或室外，直立式花園或多或少都能帶來一點環保綠意。
(原文: Evelyn。。翻譯: missnara )
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(Original Artical & Photos: inhabitat -" PATRICK BLANC’S VERTICAL GARDENS "by Evelyn )
Plants have found a home on walls for centuries, but are sometimes incongruous with architecture, often breaking down the structural integrity of a building’s facade. Patrick Blanc’s Vertical Garden System, known as Le Mur Vegetal in French, allows both plants and buildings to live in harmony with one another. The botanist cum vertical landscape designer is probably best know for his gorgeous living wall on the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris (shown above). But Blanc’s Vertical Garden System can be implemented anywhere: indoors or out and in any climatic environment.
The three-part system consists of a PVC layer, felt, and metal frame, providing a soil-free self-supporting system light enough to be hung on the wall, and even suspended in the air, weighing in at less than 30 kilograms per square meter. The Vertical Garden can be used as an impressive outdoor system, or can be used indoors, with the help of artificial lighting. The natural benefits of the Vertical Garden are many: improved air quality, lower energy consumption, providing a natural shield between weather and inhabitants. No matter where you live, urban or suburban, cold or hot, indoors or out, the Vertical Garden brings a little bit of green to all.
