CONTEMPORARY APPROACH

CHANGING PRIORITIES…..

6th Sem B.Arch

Ar.Nanditha
Nitte School of Architecture
Cutting of trees Infrastructure –road Infrastructure –
construction

Deforestation Settlement Town/city

Apartments Industries Global warming

• VERTICAL SURFACE PLANTING/GREEN WALL/VERTICAL GARDENS

• GREEN ROOF OR LIVING ROOF

• EVAPORATING COOLING

• SOLAR ENERGY AND LIGHTING

• USE OF WASTE METERIALS IN LANDSCAPE

• VERTICAL SURFACE PLANTING/GREEN WALL/VERTICAL
GARDENS
A GREEN WALL IS A WALL PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY COVED WITH
VEGETATION THAT
INCLUDES A GROWING MEDIUM SUCH AS SOIL.

MOST GREEN WALLS ALSO FEATURE AN INTEGRATED WATER DELIVERY

SYSTEM.
MANY ICONIC GREENWALLS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY
INSTITUTIONS AND IN
PUBLIC PLACES SUCH AS AIRPORTS AND ARE NOW BEING COMMON,
TO IMPROVE
AESTHETICS/MICRO CLIMATE.
THE CONCEPT WAS DEVELOPED BY PROFESSOR PATRICK IN 1980’S.
 TYPES OF GREEN WALLS

LOOSE MEDIA
MAT MEDIA
STRUCTURAL MEDIA
1. LOOSE MEDIA

LOOSE MEDIA WALLS TO BE SOIL ON A SHELF

OR SOIL IN A BAG TYPE SYSTEM.LOOSE
MEDIUM SYSTEM HAVE THEIR SOIL PACKED
INTO A SHELF OR BAG AND ARE THEN
INSTALLED ONTO WALL.

THESE SYSTEMS REQUIRE THEIR MEDIA TO BE

REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR ON
EXTERIORS.

THEY ARE SUITED FOR AREAS WITH SCISMIC

ACTIVITY.SINCE THESE SYSTEM CAN EASILY
HAVE THEIR MEDIUM BLOWN AWAY BY WIND –
DRIVEN RAIN OR HEAVY WIND.

THESE SHOULD NOT BE USED IN APPLICATION

OVER 8’ HEIGHT.
2.MAT MEDIA
THIS SYSTEM TEND TO BE EITHER COIR FIBRE OR FELT MATS.THEY ARE
THIN EVEN IN MULTIPLE
LAYERS.

THEY CANNOT SUPPORT VIBRANT ROOF SYSTEMS OF MATURE PLANTS FOR

MORE THAN 3
YEARS BEFORE THE ROOTS OVERTAKE THE MAT.

THESE SYSTEMS ARE BEST USED IN THE INTERIOS OF THE BUILDING.

THIS SYSTEM REQUIRES FREQUENT IRRIGATION DUE TO THIN NATURE.

MAXIMUM HEIGHT – 8’0”

3.STRUCTURAL MEDIA:
STRUCTURAL MEDIA ARE GROWTH MEDIUM
BLOCKS THAT ARE NOT LOOSE ON OR
MATS,BUT WHICH iNCORPORATE THE BEST
FEATURES OF BOYH INTO A BLOCK THAT CAN
BE MANUFACTURED INTO VARIOUS SIZES,SHAPE
AND THICKNESS.
THEY DO OT BREAK DOWN FOR 10-15 YEARS.
THEY CAN BE EASILY HANDLED AND
MAINTAINED.
GREEN ROOF OR LIVING ROOF
IT IS AROOF OF A BUILDING THAT IS PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY COVERED WITH
VEGETATION AND A GROWING MEDIUM,PLANTED OVERA WATER PROOF MEMBRANE.

WITH OTHER ADDITIONAL MEMBER LIKE DRAINAGE,IRRIGATION.

CONTAINER GARDENS ON ROOF WHERE PLANTED IN POTS, NOT CONSIDERED TO BE

GREEN ROOF.

THEY SERVE SEVERAL PURPOSE SUCH AS ABSORBING RAINWATER,PROVIDING

INSULATION,
CREATING A HABITAT FOR WILD LIFE.

THEY HELP IN DECREASING THE STRESS OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THE ROOF BY
PROVIDING A
MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING LANDSCAPE HELPING LOWER URBAN AIR AND
MITIGATE
 THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.
EVOPORATIVE COOLING.
ACHIEVED BY 2 WAYS
VEGETATION AROUND THE BUILDING
EVOPARATIVE COOLING IS ACHIEVED WHEN THE PLANTS TRASPORT
STORED WATER BY THE
SUBSTRATE AND TAKEN UP BY THEN FROM WHERE IT IS RETURNED TO
THE ATMOSPHERE
THROUGH TRANSPIRATION AND EVAPORATION.

EVAPORATIVE COOLING BY WATER BODIES

IT WORKS WELL IN THE HOT-DRY CLIMATE AS HUMIDITY IS LOW IN THESE
ZONE.
EVOPORATED WATER WILL PASS THROUGH THE BUILT SPACES WHERE BY
THE COMFORT WILL BE ACHIEVED.
SOLAR ENERGY AND LIGHTING

WITH THE HIGH SOLAR RADIATION AVAILABLE,IS IS HIGHLY

RECOMMENDED TO USE
SOLAR ENERGY TO MEET ATLEAST SOME PARTS OF THE BUILDING
ELECTRICITY DEMAND.

THE SIMPLEST WAY TO GENERATE SOLAR ENERGY IS BY USING STAND

ALONE PHOTO-VOLAIC
SYSTEM WITH OR WITHOUT STORAGE BATTERY.

SOLAR PHOTO-VOLTAIC INSTALLATION

POSSIBILITIES OF PV PANEL PLACEMENT

SOLAR WATER HEATER

SOLAR LIGHTING
 SOLAR LAMP
 SOLAR GARDEN LIGHTS
 SOLAR STREET LIGHTS
 INDOOR SOLAR LAMP
 SOLAR LED LANTERN
Design a part of your house with landscaping either
indoor /terrace garden and submit by 08/04/2020

Thank you