Earlier this month, German architectural firm Ingenhoven Architects broke ground on Kö-Bogen II, a sustainable mixed-use development envisioned as the “new green heart” of Düsseldorf, Germany. Designed to visually extend the adjoining Hofgarten park into the inner city, Kö-Bogen II wraps the sloping facades of its two buildings with hornbeam hedges that total nearly five miles in length. The hedges and turfed rooftop spaces will also help purify the air and combat the city’s heat island...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/ingenhoven-breaks-ground-on-a-hedge-wrapped-green-heart-in-dusseldorf
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