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Catherine gardens


Catherine gardens is an architectural concept where large ecosystems are enclosed in huge shells around buildings to protect them from pollution. This is also referred to as floating ecosystem as they are planned to be installed on high rise buildings or hollow ecosystems because of the empty spaces predicted in the design.

The catherine gardens gets its name from circular growth pattern of the ivy plants as a projection of the architect's thought -just like the catherine wheel of Haz-Zebbug.

The design is mainly aimed at providing an isolated and protective environment for the bird species amidst the disturbing activities of the urban scenario.

The concept has vulcanized rubber tubes growing plants running spirally downwards to facilitate the water flow which gets collected at the bottom.

The experiment was done as an attempt to blend high tech architecture and nature together but turned out only to be an utopian concept as the concern of materials were not paid importance to. More over, economic constrictions were not considered thinking that humankind should come together to produce something that benefits all using all what it can offer.

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The structure was conceived together by Amartya Deb and Nidhi Tekwani in 2010 with mentoring and support from Nagendra Manikya of Bangalore University. It was originally conceptualized to create layers and pockets of green on high rise buildings through a network of tubes and shells. In 2012, it was showcased in the International Conference on Conservation of Sparrows held at Bangalore. Adapted through a collaborative effort between zoologist Jayashankar and Deb it was argued to provide a safe haven to bird species shielding them from pollution, noise and continuous human interference.


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