Chiayi Industry Innovation and Research Center’s green wall

Chiayi Industry Innovation and Research Center’s green wall

Chiayi Industry Innovation and Research Center front side green wall

The Chiayi Industry Innovation and Research Center, built by the Department of Industrial Technology (DOIT), Ministry of Economic Affairs with NT$790 million is the first building to obtain the green building diamond level certificate. This building is built on the concept of environmental protection, and is not only about people but also about the environment. The idea of construction is based on air flow to the water saving box and the architect uses garden fabric to build three green walls that ranges over 270 degrees of the building. These walls form a 6-storey keystone-shaped green wall which provides shade for the building during the summer, reduces the indoor temperature and purifies the air.

First phase green wall

First phase front wall has been growing for about a year with an automatic irrigation system and free planting style which allows the green wall to grow freely.

Chiayi Industry Innovation and Research Center’s green wall in its court

 top view of green wall

The just-planted green wall

This wall is built with bird's-nest fern which is naturally rough and doesn’t require much special environmental elements. Fabric Garden’s medium has great ventilation and excellent water retention. In summer, it grows fast and in winter, it grows slowly at a low temperature. The irrigation system is set for daily timed watering in order to maintain the moisture in the medium and allow plants to grow easily.

Fabric Garden’s artistic landscape—Gathering

Outside the Chiayi Industry Innovation and Research Center, there are two large Fabric Garden’s installations which show the extendability and elasticity of the fabric medium which can be made into various forms. One of the installations, “Gathering” , shows the spiral growing of plants and is full of tension.

Fabric Garden’s artistic landscape-Chiayi Music Festival

The Fabric Garden’s enormous music note is made for “Chiayi Music Festival”. Dense vegetation outlines the complex green treble clef.