courtesy of AIA San Francisco

The American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter (AIA San Francisco) and the Center for Architecture + Design Gallery are hosting an exhibition from February 18th – April 30th, 2010.  From the AIA-SF press release:

The past decade has seen a greater emergence of green roofs and vertical gardens created by artists, designers, architects and urban gardeners to combat the lack of flora in the city. Buildings around the world—from the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco—have embraced green walls or roofs for all their economical, environmental, and aesthetic values. Vertical farms and gardens are also being envisioned as new ways to feed local and organic foods to city dwellers. Largely based on the principles of hydro-ponics, vertical gardens are mostly self-sustaining because they capture large amounts of natural sunlight and water, and use wind as an energy source. In a country where cities are suffocated by high rises, cement and industrial materials, where can green space exist? As this exhibition demonstrates, one possible answer is “up.”

Tournesol Siteworks is pleased to be an exhibition sponsor. The opening celebration and lecture is taking place on Thur., Feb. 25th.  Register and get your tickets here. 

It is amazing to see the creativity that is being directed by the design community towards the living wall space.  There isn’t a day goes by that another green building concept hits the design blogs, usually covered by plants somehow.  We’re betting that many of those designers will need to figure out effective means of putting those plants on the building!