Articles
“The Hanging Gardens of Saigon” - The Jakob Factory, Vietnam
This deep dive into the design of a sustainable industrial facility in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) developed through the leadership of Peter Jakob, Founder of Jakob Systems, demonstrates the remarkable performance capabilities of green facades.
“My Neighborhood Is Killing Me” – A Seattle Green Wall is Raised in Hope
In Georgetown, the largest freestanding Green Wall in the Seattle area stands as a banner to community health in action, hiding an ugly concrete barrier. The Green Wall is not only a successful, sustainable structured landscape ‘intervention’ in its inherent functionality, but delivers benefits that satisfy the goals articulated in the participatory design process.