帕特里克·布兰克的垂直花园在马德里

布兰克的工作是立即识别任何人都熟悉的布朗利河岸博物馆in Paris. However, the vertical garden in Madrid is a little different than its French counterpart. It doesn’t act as a substitute wall as the one in Paris, and there are no windows or doorways. Instead, it’s a blunt slab of amazing greenery attached to the side of an otherwise nondescript building in the area known as Madrid’s Golden Triangle, the cultural district of world-renowned art museums.

毫无疑问，垂直花园是一个令人难以置信的植物雕塑，以及一块独特的艺术作品在设计领域获得越来越多的重视。但是，是什么让这个特殊的项目更引人注目的是，它代表与邻国的赫尔佐格和德梅隆的Caixa论坛并列的事实。这两个特色建筑对比，高下尽可能他们相得益彰。该储蓄银行论坛是仍然保留着粗暴的外表下的1899年电站的独特恢复。看似漂浮的建筑，其生锈的铁顶和锐边，似乎直接面对它的邻居繁茂的自然美景。

Often described as "living graffiti," the 78' high wall moves when the wind blows, as if the plants were actually pulsating. Blanc’s designs are inspired by the moss and ferns that commonly grow on cliffs and rocks in forests. Although the majority of vertical gardens almost always consist of moss and vines, a variety of plants are chosen specifically for each location, based on their ability to grow in distinct climates and conditions. Madrid’s vertical garden is made up of more than 15,000 plants, from 250 different species.

Vertical gardens通常是非常轻便，这使得它可能建立在几乎任何室内或室外的墙壁上。每个项目使用PVC板和覆盖有聚酰胺毛毡，其作为用于根系统中的载体上的金属框架。种子和插条然后附着到毛毡每平方米大约30株植物的密度。而不是土壤横排增长，植物沿着毡材垂直增长。该irrigation系统实际上是一个自动滴灌系统，在所述壁的顶部开始。由于水滑下的壁，它是由毛毡和根系统吸收。

According to Blanc’s own words, vertical gardens can be created anywhere, even in “those difficult spaces where you don’t expect to see greenery." Blanc’s vertical garden gives rise to an urban oasis in the otherwise concrete capital of Madrid.