wall garden

The Hydro House is a home that collects water on the roof and in the walls to help control the interior climate.

The Hydro House also has a ground level reflecting pool that contributes to evaporative cooling of the house and planters on the facade that help cool the micro-climate around the house. 

When he’s not building vertical gardens, French scientist Patrick Blanc studies plant adaptation at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (www.cnrs.fr). He creates beautiful, organic, vertical gardens for surfaces ranging from outdoor cityscapes to private indoor living rooms.