Design and Application of Modular Greening in Vertical Space——A Case Study of the Plant Wall at the Theme Pavilion of Shanghai Expo
The paper presents the construction model and characteristics of modular greening in urban vertical space. As a complex integrating plants, containers, medium and irrigation facilities, greening modular is the basic unit of the movable greening, and can be used or pieced together to form an instant landscape. The plant technology of greening modular, involving a complete set of innovative technologies for urban greening, will promote seedling industry and landscape architecture to grow respectively into a high-tech greening industry and an integrated multidisciplinary profession. With special references to the design of the plant wall at the Theme Pavilion of Shanghai Expo 2010, this paper highlights the key points and related fundamental study in modular greening, offering the actual measurement data in the process of maintenance and analyzing the experience for the plant wall at Shanghai Expo. Moreover, the application prospect of modular greening is discussed in the end.