Living Walls & Vertical Gardens Course
This course equips architects and designers with practical skills to create effective living walls and vertical gardens that reduce building temperatures, improve air quality, enhance biodiversity, and beautify urban environments. Participants learn to select appropriate systems, engineer irrigation, pick resilient plants, ensure structural integrity, prioritise safety, and implement sustainable maintenance strategies for long-term success in challenging city settings.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Discover how to design, specify, and maintain high-performing living walls and vertical gardens tailored for crowded urban areas. Master setting performance KPIs, evaluating microclimates and local rules, selecting tough plant types, engineering watering and support systems, and organising secure, budget-friendly upkeep to boost cooling effects, wildlife support, cleaner air, and people’s comfort.
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Develop skills
- Design climate-resilient living walls by establishing KPIs for cooling, air quality, and biodiversity.
- Evaluate urban sites by assessing microclimate, building structure, regulations, and drainage.
- Design efficient irrigation systems, including sizing, automation, and water optimisation for vertical gardens.
- Choose and arrange plant varieties suited to local climate, aesthetics, and minimal maintenance.
- Develop robust systems covering structure, waterproofing, safety, maintenance, and staff training.
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