Bruntwood Foundation

Foundation Bruntwood

Foundation is a joint venture between Trafford Council and Bruntwood Works. The regeneration project is an exemplar of how to cover sustainability, economic transformation and social inclusion over previously uncared for and vacant properties.

By retrofitting the existing old stock building with a living wall the clients saved substantial amounts of embodied carbon from not using new building construction materials and also the future life cycle carbon as the plants sequester CO2 over the next 20 years. Additionally the living wall provides other valuable environmental and social benefits of biodiversity, acoustic dampening and improved psychological wellbeing.

CGI of Foundation HYVERT living wall

6525

yearly CO2 kg savings

375

Size m2

25

plant variants

Type

HYVERT Living Wall

Designer

I Want Plants

Architect

BDP

Contractors

Cubic Works

Plant Species

Polystichum, Terminalis, Euonymus minimus, Vinca, Asplenium, Carex mixed, Hedera, Leucothoe, Euonymous & many more

Foundation

Once a hub for the shipbuilding industry, the dockside neighborhood of Dogpatch is now home to trendy bars and cafes.Woods Bagot designed the apartment block to take advantage of California's balmy climate, with an outdoor courtyard and individual balconies. Open pedestrian bridges link different parts of the building and allow the breeze to pass through. The living wall contains 13 species of plants, many of them chosen to attract local pollinators. On any given day you can find honeybees, moths and bumblebees buzzing around this wall all at once.

One of the biggest challenges was trying to model the reflective lighting coming off the glazing which creates hot spots across the wall that could potentially scald the plant’s leaves. Our approach thoroughly examined the micro-climates, potential growth rates, and lighting conditions of the installation space to ensure that an appropriate species is specified for each spot on the wall.

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