finalist 9
ENTRY #55
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Sustainability Statement
‘Organic design with succulent plants.
This design has been elaborated reusing elements of nature such as trunks, branches and stones in order to give ornamental value to waste materials and contribute to good reuse practices for the conservation of the environment; using sustainable construction techniques.
It is an asymmetrical composition height 1.05m, width 0.75m, depth 0.70m. with movement, different textures, shapes and lines, drops, outputs, transparencies, voids, different depths and color contrast.
All the plants used in this design share a habitat with similar conditions in terms of their needs for water, light, temperature and nutrition.’
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Planting system / methods used in your Design
A handmade wooden tray was used properly insolated with wax, later coarse sand was put as a drain and large stones to give height to the composition using reclaimed wood in the form of trunk, branches and roots.
The trunk has been drilled to fix with pegs the branches that assume have been tied at various points with hemp.
Once the structure was finished, we proceeded to place suitable substrate for succulent plants. The plants have mostly been planted directly on the substrate and a plant with the kokedama technique.
Finally, pebbles have been placed to prevent erosion, weed control and as an ornamental finish.