Some architecture graduates from Tulane University School of Architecture City Center have pooled their resources with building studio to develop the Botanical Garden as part of a salutary project for Katrina’s sufferers. While allowing the New Orleanians to see sustainable technologies fusing to raise a hearty, recycled aluminum-made, 12-ft. cubical living wall, the proposed construction will also include graphic information inside it to instruct residents on how to reduce their carbon footprint.
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Lumber for its three interior walls, floor and ceiling comes from homes demolished by the hurricane. The west wall screen is made of bamboo grown on site at the Botanical Garden.
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The pavilion roof harvests enough water to nourish the vertical garden. The harvested water treks through an open downspout onto a catch basin that contains certain native water plants within a sandy-medium trough for purifying it.
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All of the pavilion’s electrical components rely on solar energy that comes to them through a photovoltaic array. Certain horizontal planting trays allow native plants to extend out from the pavilion's interior.
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