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Lisbon Façade Pilot
Modular hydroponic walls across a public-housing block.
Operating Facets
The Verticals
Each vertical is an independent engine of regeneration — and a node in the same circular system. Filter by domain, step inside any facet, then follow the journey loop through the whole ecosystem.
Nature · Vertical
Living Architecture
Vertical Gardens & Urban Forestry
Buildings that breathe. Streets that shade themselves. Pollinators that find a corridor where there used to be concrete.
-4.2°C
Local façade cooling
128
Native species planted
22
Buildings greened
Purpose
Mission
Return biology to the centre of urban design — cooling cities, cleaning air and restoring pollinators one façade at a time.
Vision
Cities where every building contributes measurable biodiversity, cooling and food to its neighbourhood.
Goals & Drives
Strategic goals
- 01Green 500 building façades across five cities by 2032
- 02Establish continuous pollinator corridors in each pilot neighbourhood
- 03Cut local surface temperatures by 3–5°C at greened sites
What drives it
- Reversing the urban heat-island effect
- Reconnecting fragmented pollinator habitat
- Shortening urban food supply chains at street scale
Active Projects03
GlobalPiloting
Pollinator Corridor 01
Neighbourhood-scale native planting network connecting six greened buildings.
GlobalScaling
Rooftop Food Forest
Edible perennials on institutional rooftops feeding local kitchens.
Aligned institutions
Urban ecologistsCity housing authoritiesNative-plant nurseries
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Move Vertical Gardens forward — as an institution, funder, researcher or community.
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The Journey Loop
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