Increasingly, our landscape design office is making a name for itself with our ability and expertise to design high-quality green roofs, or to meet major technical challenges. It's hard for modern architecture to ignore the phenomenon of introducing plants into new buildings. It's a demand from future users, developers and public organizations alike. These solutions reintroduce nature into the urban environment, while improving the aesthetics and environmental performance of buildings. Let's take a look at our work on these new ways of greening the city.
Our greening services for greener buildings
We offer innovative solutions for integrating nature, whether Mediterranean or tropical, into urban spaces.
1. Green roofs: The most important green innovation of the decade
Green roofs are an ideal solution for maximizing green space in urban areas, while also delivering numerous environmental and economic benefits. It involves covering building roofs with suitable plants and substrates, creating green surfaces that contribute to thermal regulation, rainwater management and biodiversity (not to mention aesthetic appeal).
The benefits of green roofs :
Thermal and sound insulation: A green roof improves the thermal insulation of buildings, reducing energy costs associated with heating and air conditioning. It also provides better sound insulation, attenuating external noise in urban areas.
Rainwater management: Green roofs absorb a large proportion of rainwater, reducing the risk of flooding and lightening urban drainage systems.
Enhanced biodiversity: By reintroducing plants to the city, green roofs promote local biodiversity, attracting pollinating insects and birds.
Aesthetics and property enhancement: A green roof improves the aesthetics of buildings and can increase their market value by making them more attractive and innovative.
Different types of green roofs :
Type of green roof | Features | Benefits |
Extensive | Thin layer of substrate, resistant plants (mosses, sedums) | Low maintenance, low weight, affordable |
Intensive | Thick substrate for planting shrubs and small plants | More regular maintenance, heavier weight, but wide variety of plantations |
We work with you to choose the solution best suited to your needs, whether for a low-maintenance roof or a more complex green roof.
2. Greening buildings and residences: Green facades for a sustainable city
After several projects involving the greening of horizontal surfaces such as roofs, a number of architects have asked us to devise construction techniques for the vertical greening of building and residential facades. The aim of this approach is to cover exterior walls with climbing plants or vertical gardens, providing aesthetic, environmental and functional benefits in the same way as green roofs.
The advantages of our façade greening studies :
Thermal insulation: As with green roofs, green facades improve the insulation of buildings, reducing energy consumption for air conditioning in summer and heating in winter.
Improved air quality: Plants absorb carbon dioxide and pollutant particles, while releasing oxygen, helping to purify urban air.
Reducing heat islands: vegetated facades help reduce urban temperatures, where concrete and hard surfaces absorb and re-emit heat.
Aesthetics and well-being: A green façade is not only pleasing to the eye, it also contributes to the well-being of residents, by creating a soothing environment.
Our greening solutions for buildings and residences :
Vertical gardens: A system of planting on vertical structures attached to facades, creating living walls even on limited surfaces.
Climbing plants: Use of climbing plants along facades for a natural effect and a simple ecological solution.
We work with architects and developers to integrate green solutions right from the design phase of buildings, or to transform existing structures into genuine eco-housing.
We design projects to suit your architectural structure, taking into account the technical, economic and ecological objectives of each customer.
Our commitments:
Technical know-how: Our expertise enables us to offer durable, easy-to-maintain installations that comply with current standards.
Customized solutions: Whether you're a company, a private individual or a local authority, we offer customized options for greening your roofs and facades.
Contact us today to discuss your greening projects and transform your buildings into genuine urban ecosystems, beneficial to the environment and pleasant to live in.
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