SMH: Walls that breathe: the startups adding colour to concrete city towers
Originally published on Sydney Morning Herald by Emma Koehn, 24 June 2019 Manly Vale car park Last year Jock Gammon added "breathing" walls to a concrete carpark and now he has his [...]
The Design Files: An Awe-Inspiring Living Wall Is Unveiled In Melbourne
Originally published on The Design Files, 20 June 2019 Melbourne-based designer Adam Cornish and Junglefy bring clean air to Denfair. If you’re visiting Denfair in Melbourne, prepare to both breathe easy, and be enlivened [...]
Media Release: Junglefy and Adam Cornish Bring Clean Air to Denfair feat. Junglefy Breathing Wall
20 June 2019 A life-sized installation at Denfair this week will demonstrate the impact of air pollution in our cities and the biological power of plants to provide cleaner air as well as other health [...]
Sourceable: Indoor Air Quality – The Science and the Low-Hanging Fruit
Originally published on Sourceable, by Jock Gammon, 8 May 2019 In school, we learnt the role trees and plants have in producing the oxygen we breathe. We came to understand that forests do more than [...]
Media Release: Sydney’s Motorways First to Turn Green
Two of Sydney’s busiest motorways will be among the first in the world to trial new technology which helps filter air and noise. Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said [...]
Domain: ‘Planting greenery on roofs can help improve air quality inside buildings: study’
Originally published in Domain by Jim Malo on 22 April, 2019 Covering the roofs of apartment and office buildings with plants can help improve the quality of air inside and lift property values, according [...]
Australia’s First Indigenous Rooftop Farm Opens
Australia's first Indigenous rooftop farm in now open at South Eveleigh. The visionary concept was developed by cultural start-up Yerrabingin in a collaboration with Mirvac. The 500sqm rooftop farm was officially opened by NSW [...]
Sourceable: Biophilic Design is Good Design, Everything Else is Worthless
Originally published on Sourceable, by Jock Gammon, 10 April 2019 There’s been increasing chatter around the concept of biophilic design lately and while it’s great to hear, I wonder if we are all-talk, no [...]
Report: Integrating Plant Life into Building and Infrastructure Rating Tools
Commissioned by Hort Innovation Australia and developed by Edge Environment, the report has harnessed industry research and case studies to substantiate the benefits of urban greening and its contribution to a more sustainable built [...]