Gallery: Parking Garage in Spain Gets ...
All of the succulents were chosen in order to provide the courtyard with a variety of color throughout the year. At different times, various plants will bloom with little flowers.
The parking garage is situated on the roof of an underground parking lot at a social housing project in Benisaudet IVVSA. Open to the sky, the courtyard garden is well protected from wind and direct sun, but still receives light and rainfall. Urbanarbolismo utilized a variety of systems, products, sheets, and substrate to build the bed for the succulent garden.The garden not only helps keep the garage area cooler, but also improves the air quality.
get the free Inhabitat newsletter
more popular stories >
more popular stories >
more popular stories >
[...] two-story parking garage would take the place of a ground level parking lot, thus doubling the amount of available parking. [...]
“Urbanarbolismo utilized a variety of systems, products, sheets, and substrate to build the bed for the succulent garden”
While I could not make out any such information from the Urbanarbolismo page it would be wonderful if these systems/products/sheets would be detailed here so the benefits can be used at other places too.