Sansiri Vertical Living Gallery is an Alluring Bangkok Office Wrapped in Green

This outstanding sales office in Bangkok is wrapped in <a href="http://inhabitat.com/vertical-gardens-by-patrick-blanc/">vertical gardens </a>full of Tokyo Dwarf plants. Called the Sansiri Vertical Living Gallery and designed by <a href="http://www.sansiri.com/en/condominium/">Sansiri PCL</a>, the building was framed with inexpensive steel construction to accommodate the vertical garden's hanging pot plants and <a href="http://inhabitat.com/futuristic-farm-house-designed-to-collect-rainwater-and-shelter-migrant-workers/">drip irrigation infrastructure</a>. A relatively new phenomenon in urban Bangkok, where the built environment has long overpowered nature, this green-walled building acts as a showcase for what the city may look like in the near future.

The vertical garden was created with a steel frame.

Hanging pot plants and drip irrigation were installed behind the felt.

Green walls are not common in Bangkok.

So the Sansiri Vertical Living Gallery acts as a showcase of potential.

The designers chose to populate their garden with just one species.

The Tokyo Dwarf was a good choice.

Temperatures in Bangkok can be quite unbearable, but the Tokyo Dwarf is very adaptable.

The green wall also acts as a carbon sink in an increasingly sooty urban environment.