Vertical Gardens In Mexico City
Mexico city s via verde scheme has led to the installation of vertical gardens on 1 000 pillars of a busy motorway.
Vertical gardens in mexico city. This report tells us why. But a self sufficient irrigation system also collects and stores rainwater to provide the majority of the. Mexico city internationally known for its high levels of pollution and endless traffic jams is developing a project called via verde. Around 60 000 m 2 of vertical gardens will be installed on more than 1000 pillars of a busy motorway covering a distance of 27 km.
Why news airing date. And to make it all extra worthwhile the project is a totally sustainable one. The vertical gardens that align some of mexico city s busiest highways display the extent at which this innovation can be applied. In a city where 6 out of 10.
This citizen led initiative funded by donors and local government runs in collaboration with the mexican workshop verdevertical and turns mexico city into an international model. The mexico city project is also considering expanding into monterrey guadalajara and puebla published on saturday july 27 2019. The materials used to construct the gardens are made of all recycled plastic just to start with. Other densely populated cities around the world have also been exploring the concept with vertical gardens now firmly rooted in the emerging concept of the smart city.
VÃa verde s vertical gardens on mexico city s outer ring road. Courtesy of via verde. Since 2012 the via verde green way project has been planting vertical gardens on structural columns that support flyovers and elevated roads around the city impressively more than 600 000 square feet of vertical gardens have been established which has. Mexico city builds vertical gardens on highway pillars.
Mexico city is not the only city to see the use in lush vertical green spaces.