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Platinum







                     Winner




                      Living Wall



                                                                                         The challenge in the design
                                                                                         was that the HVAC registers
                                                                                         were initially placed above
                                                                                         and below the plant panels
                                                                                         which would be problematic
                                                                                         in terms of the impact on
                                                                                         the plant species. We worked
                                                                                         closely with the architect
                                                                                         and    engineers    as   they
                                                                                         reformulated the HVAC unit
                                                                                         as a linear diffuser (see left
                                                                                         of  panels in  the  drawing)
                                                                                         which would be aligned with
                                                                                         the  top  and  bottom  of  each
                                                                                         vertical plant panel.


                                                                                         Consolidating and relocating
                                                                                         the unit proved to be the
                                                                                         perfect solution to allow
                                                                                         the  living wall  design  to
                                                                                         be completed as planned.
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       This Triptych living wall design          In our collaboration with the project
       incorporatesd three narrow plant          architectural team, we all agreed that
       panels  recessed  into  a  customized     3 vertical thin plant panels would
       focal wall aligned with the sustainable   be the best solution to create the
       theme in a newly constructed Science      visual interest desired while keeping
       & Visual Arts building at a private, coed   with the allotted budget taking into
       college preparatory high school.          consideration the plant maintenance
                                                 costs moving forward.









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