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Hotel Gaia-B3 Vertical Ecosystem

Όνομα Έργου: Ξενοδοχείο Gaia-Β3 Κάθετη Οικοσύστημα Έτος: 2012 Ιδιοκτήτης: Ξενοδοχείο Gaia-Β3 Τοποθεσία: Bogotα, Κολομβία Κτίριο Τύπος: Επαγγελματικά Τύπος: Living Wall, δοκιμών / Έρευνα Σύστημα: Ενιαία Πάροχος Πηγή Μέγεθος:4090 τ.μ. Η Κλίση: 100 % Πρόσβασης: Πρόσβαση, ανοιχτές σε Δημόσια Υποβλήθηκε από: Alex Ormad, Paisajismo Urbano Σχεδιαστές / Κατασκευαστές Εγγραφή: βοτανολόγος & Σχεδιαστής: Ignacio Solano, Paisajismo Urbano Living Wall Σύστημα: Paisajismo Urbano © Paisajismo Urbano © Προμηθευτής / Διανομέας: GRONCOLΕγκατάσταση: Paisajismo Urbano GRONCOL καιΣυντήρηση: GRONCOL  Project Name: Hotel Gaia-B3 Vertical Ecosystem Year: 2012 Owner: Hotel Gaia-B3 Location: Bogotα, Colombia Building Type: Commercial Type: Living Wall, Test/Research System: Single Source Provider Size: 4090 sq.ft. Slope: 100% Access: Accessible, Open to Public Submitted by: Alex Ormad, Paisajismo Urbano Designers/Manufacturers of Record: Botanist & Designer: Ignacio Solano, Paisajismo Urbano Living Wall System: Paisajismo Urbano© Paisajismo Urbano© Supplier/Distributor: GRONCOL Installation: Paisajismo Urbano and GRONCOL Maintenance: GRONCOL

B3 Hotels are a Colombian-born brand of select service hotels located in key markets throughout  the country for the budget conscious business traveler. Completed on March 1, 2012, more than 25,000 plants representing 55 different species cover 400m2 and 8 floors of the Hotel Gaia-B3 wall in Bogotα, Colombia. The project involved much  research and planning; design through implementation took approximately two and a half months. As always, prior investigation of appropriate plants was conducted by the Spanish firm Paisajismo Urbano in local tropical forest jungles, resulting in 40% of the plants used were local natives. The hydroponic system will allow local species to self-pollinate, which will add to its already high biodiversity. And, as in all of Paisajismo Urbano's work, the Vertical Ecosystem also  carries biological nutrients and pest repellent which is recycled through the remotely controlled irrigation system. To the delight of its owners, the Hotel Gaia-B3 vertical garden has become quite popular in Bogotα and has turned into its own tourist attraction. This magnificent vertical garden  was implemented thanks to Paisajismo Urbano's new partner and distributor, GRONCOL, in Bogotα.

Paisajismo Urbano, with a responsibility towards the conservation of native plants,  began to collaborate with different official entities and botanical gardens in 2011. "Our intention is that our vertical ecosystems make ever more use of native plants, principally plants which grow on walls and mountain slopes, with the intention of improving the biodiversity of the botanical market, seeing as this market is getting ever smaller due to commercial interests. "Paisajismo Urbano is establishing a collaboration agreement with different official entities and botanical gardens, who are helping us with the identification, sampling and propagation of native species in the different countries we visit with the intention that in the near future we will be able to make our vertical ecosystems with 90% native plants due to the collaboration and support of scientific studies," states Ignacio Solano, founder of Paisajismo Urbano.

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The Hotel Gaia-B3 is located at Carrera 15 con Calle 88, Costado Oriental, Bogota, Colombia; 57 (1) 691-8488; www.hotelesb3.com. See the informative and entertaining 5:36 video Paisajismo Urbano en Colombia-Gaia-B3 about the hotel's living wall construction process in Spanish, and see the project profile from their website in Spanish and English. For additional information regarding the greenwall project, visit http://www.paisajismourbano.com or contact Alex Ormad of Paisajismo Urbano  at: alexverticalecosystems@gmail.com or paisajismo-urbano@hotmail.com.