ES2307453A1 - System for creating landscaped areas on walls - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention enables the creation of uniform green spaces of variable and controlled size, generally on walls, by means of a system which does not require any preliminary work and is designed in such a way that any type of plant species used in the creation of the landscaped area can be seen from the street. The system is characterised in that it comprises a cluster of plant pots (2) distributed, in a dismountable manner, either over a structure (1) attached to the façade of a building, or directly over the façade, the plant pots (2) having an inclined upper face, forming an angle smaller than 90 DEG to the vertical in order to faciliate the viewing of the plants from the street. Said inclined upper face comprises couplable meshes (3) which prevent the substrate from escaping and are provided with openings (4) through which the plants can grow.

Description

System of formation of landscaped areas in walls.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a system intended to form landscaped areas on vertical walls or with tilt, resulting from special application for integration on building facades.

The object of the present invention is to the formation of uniform green spaces, of variable size and controlled, in walls in general, by a system without work prior conceived so that it is visible from the street to any kind of plant used in the formation of the area landscaped

Background of the invention

In recent years, man has struggled for reversing the prevailing trend and finding ways to bring nature to cities. Today, gardens, parks and flower beds cover important spaces in the cities. The objective fundamental is twofold: on the one hand the creation of zones of recreation, on the other hand the oxygenation of the urban environment, strongly subject to air pollution.

Lately, new practices have proliferated in order to "green" the cities, extending the Vegetation to the buildings themselves. The most used method is the inclusion in the external structure of the building of fixed compartments, like pots, in which they can be located the plants. This technique limits the vegetation to that specific area. Only using climbing or hanging plants (ivy, Honeysuckle, ...) can be viewed from the street. In buildings in those with no structures of this type, the inclusion of vegetation it is limited to simple pots in windows and terraces, with the same visual lacks than fixed compartments.

There are also techniques for the installation of green areas on the roofs of buildings. Like the methods indicated in the previous paragraph, these methods do not allow the visualization of the green areas from the street, except for the tenants of the property. In this type of facility, the aesthetic appearance; it is environmental specifications that They base their construction. Green roofs insulate the interior of the building of external environmental agents such as the sun, the wind or rain, as well as reduce variations in temperatures, reducing thermal differences inside. This makes it reduce energy expenditure by reducing the consumption of electricity for heating and air conditioning.

Therefore, these technologies insulate the roof of the building, but not the rest of its structure. There are some Related invention patents for zone extension green on the facades of the buildings themselves. The document JP2007195451, for example, claims a structure for planting vegetation on walls, but it is a complex structure that Requires prior work.

Document JP2006246753 describes the surface vegetation coverage on building facades by metal structures, but can only be done with hanging or climbing plants duly subject to these structures

Patent application WO2004090262 claims the formation of green spaces in three dimensions but, like that in previous examples, it requires the realization of works in The structure of the building.

Document JP2002065065 shows the formation of green surfaces on building facades but, at be its arrangement completely parallel to the facade itself, the space for the substrate of the plants is minimal, preventing use of small plant species. Besides, the arrangement of plants completely perpendicular to the ground further conditions the size of them, to prevent their fall by gravity action.

Description of the invention

The system of formation of landscaped areas in walls proposed by this invention constitutes a modular system formed by one or more containers, usually pots, to cover vertical or inclined surfaces with plants of any species, forming a uniform and controlled green space in these surfaces.

According to a possible solution of the invention the system comprises a structure that is fixed to the building wall, preferably formed by profiles that they are screwed to the wall on which the pots are mounted with detachable character and by means of corresponding anchoring means. The anchoring means will preferably be designed to create a space between the facade and the pot that facilitates the passage of air currents, which will reduce wind resistance of the system thus ensuring the holding of the pots.

Each of the containers that is mounted on the structure will preferably be filled with substrate for the growth of any type of plant.

The containers show an upper face inclined at an angle of less than 90 ° from the vertical, in a way that facilitates the visualization of the plant from any position, for example from the street itself, in the case of building walls, without limiting your employment to hanging or climbing plant varieties. The container could adopt any other configuration keeping as common feature the inclined upper face. It is contemplated by example the possibility of modifying the geometry to increase the space available for the substrate, thus obtaining greater depth and width available to accommodate roots.

It is planned that on the inclined face of the pot is arranged a mesh that prevents the fall of the earth by wind action, by irrigation water or by the own inclination, being openings on the mesh defined openings in correspondence with the plants to facilitate their exit.

According to a second possible solution the garden system is set up by grouping the same type of pots, face top inclined at an angle of less than 90 ° from the vertical, which have anchoring means that are fixed directly to the wall. Unlike the first solution described, in this case there would be no structure around which all the pots would be grouped, but the pots would be grouped anchored independently to the wall.

In any case, the system includes a network of irrigation connected for example to a reservoir and / or to the water network water supply or drainage of the building, which comprises pipes, preferably pipes or hoses distributed by the wall of the building that supply the water of irrigation to each of the pots. For the first solution of the invention the irrigation network may be associated with the profiles or constituent elements of the structure to facilitate its fixation as well as it can remain hidden.

The arrangement of several of these containers occupying surfaces of variable size on vertical walls or with tilt, allows green areas to be formed on these walls, with different species of plants, not only hanging or climbing, of way that expands the possibilities of playing with different plant varieties and create vertical gardens in the cities

Due to the inclination offered by the pots within its location on the facade, this system of formation of landscaped areas on walls allows to use a greater variety of plant species that any of the existing systems in the present. Also according to the proposed configuration, get a simpler and cheaper way of assembly and maintenance of the installation.

Turn this zone formation system Landscaped helps clean the atmosphere of the city and improves the building insulation against external environmental agents, reducing energy consumption in heating and air conditioned.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to an example preferred practical implementation of it, is accompanied as integral part of that description, a set of drawings where with an illustrative and non-limiting nature, what has been represented next:

Figure 1.- Shows a perspective view of the system of formation of landscaped areas in walls according to the first solution of the invention, in which the arrangement of the structure on a facade of a building and the pots mounted on said structure.

Figure 2.- Shows a side view in which the structure mounted on the façade and the pots with an inclined upper face for better viewing of plants, as well as the irrigation network.

Figure 3.- Shows a perspective view in which can be seen mounting the pot on the structure with the collaboration of the anchoring means.

Figure 4.- Shows a view of the pot already mounted on which the mesh mounting on the face is observed top of the pot.

Figure 5.- Shows a side view of another possible configuration of the pot shown in the figures previous with another distribution of the irrigation network.

Figure 6.- Shows a perspective view in which is an alternative embodiment of the system of formation of landscaped areas in which the pots are appreciated represented in figure 5 directly attached to the wall.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the figures, a then a preferred embodiment of the system formation of landscaped areas that constitutes the object of this invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the system It is mainly constituted by a structure (1) that can be fixed to the facade of a building and by some pots (2) distributed with removable character on said structure (1) to configure a garden area, in which the pots (2) show an inclined upper face, forming an angle less than 90 ° with the vertical to facilitate the visualization of the plants contained in the pot (2) from the street. Additionally the system comprises meshes (3), as can be seen in Figure 4, attachable on the upper face of said pots (2) to prevent the exit of the substrate, meshes that are equipped with passage openings (4) enabled for the exit of the plants.

The system incorporates fixing means (5) of the structure (1) to the wall, such as screws (6) represented in figure 2, and first anchoring means (7, 8), which can be seen in Figure 3, from the pot (2) to the structure (1) that are constituted by hooks (7) that are extend from the back side of the pot (2) and that fit on tabs (8) protruding from the structure (1).

It can be seen in figure 2 that the hooks (7) have sufficient length to allow a distancing of the pot (2) from the structure (1) creating a space that facilitates air circulation.

As shown in Figure 4, the structure (1) can be configured by profiles (9) independent or associated with each other that are distributed throughout of the entire wall, showing in the figures two profiles (9) grouped for the assembly of pots (2) located in the same column.

In relation to figure 5, a concrete embodiment in which the pot (2) has holes of drain (10) at its base to evacuate excess water and prevent the root rots. Additionally at the bottom of the pot (2) it you can place an absorbent material (11), such as a sponge or a chamois for example, which will retain water from the irrigation or from the rain, preventing its loss, thus creating a water reservoir that it will be absorbed by the roots of the plant, so that it only falls through the drain holes (10) of the pot (2) the excess water exceeding the absorption threshold of the absorbent material (11).

In said figure 5 it is observed that the substrate and the absorbent material (11) is separated by an iron (18) bored that prevents direct contact of the root with the absorbent material (11), but which facilitates the absorption of the moisture through the holes in the iron (18).

Figure 2 shows the irrigation network (12) partially represented by a hose (13) that is distributed on the pots (2) and that discharges the water through some nozzles (14) directly on the inclined upper face of the flower pot (2).

In an alternative embodiment corresponding to the pot (2) represented in figure 5 is observed in each pot (2) a drop-by-drop tap (15) that is introduced through a hole made in a wall of the pot (2), as well as look at a hose (13) for each column of pots, in this case close to the profiles (9) that remain anchored to the facade.

The irrigation network (12) can incorporate in addition at least one humidity sensor located in one of the pots (2) connected to an irrigation control system that is activated when the humidity sensor detects a humidity level below the minimum threshold.

Complementarily it is observed in figure 5 that the pot (2) can incorporate fertilizer bars (19) buried in the substrate, or the fertilizer could be found incorporated into the irrigation network (12) for supply regulated by control system medium.

Figure 6 shows the system of formation of landscaped areas in which the pots (2) are they are grouped without intermediation of any structure, and each one has anchoring means (16, 17) independent that directly fix each of the pots (2) to Wall.

Claims (10)

1. System of formation of landscaped areas in walls characterized in that it comprises a structure (1) formed by profiles (9) that are fixed to the facade of a building by corresponding fixing means (5), and pots (2) distributed with removable character on said structure (1) by means of anchoring means (7, 8), in which the pots (2) show an inclined upper face, forming an angle less than 90 ° with the vertical to facilitate the visualization of the plants contained in the pot (2) from the street, as well as because it additionally incorporates a mesh (3) attachable on said upper face of the pot (2) to prevent the exit of the substrate, which is provided with passage openings (4) enabled for the exit of the plants. 2. System formation gardens characterized in that it comprises a grouping walls of pots (2) distributed with separate and detachably directly on the wall by anchoring means (16, 17), wherein the pots (2) show a inclined upper face, forming an angle less than 90 ° with the vertical to facilitate the visualization of the plants contained in the pot (2) from the street, as well as because it additionally incorporates a mesh (3) attachable on said upper face of the pot (2) to prevent the exit of the substrate, which is provided with passage openings (4) enabled for the exit of the plants. 3. System of formation of landscaped areas in walls according to claim 1 characterized in that the anchoring means (7, 8) of the pot (2) to the structure (1) are constituted by hooks (7) that extend from the back side of the pot (2) and by tabs (8) that protrude from the structure (1) on which they attach said hooks (7). 4. System of formation of landscaped areas in walls according to claim 3 characterized in that the hooks (7) have a length sufficient to create a space between pot (2) and structure (1) that facilitates air circulation. 5. System of formation of landscaped areas in walls according to any one of claims 1 or 2 characterized in that it incorporates an irrigation network (12) distributed by the wall of the building that supplies water to each of the pots (2). 6. System for the formation of landscaped areas in walls according to claim 5, characterized in that the irrigation network (12) comprises pipes (13) associated with nozzles (14) that discharge water directly onto the inclined upper face of the pot (2). 7. System of formation of landscaped areas in walls according to claim 5, characterized in that the irrigation network (12) comprises a pipe (13) for each column of pots (2), associated with drop-by-drop taps (15) introduced through a hole made in a wall of the pot (2). 8. System of formation of landscaped areas in walls according to any one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the irrigation network (12) incorporates at least one humidity sensor located in one of the pots (2) connected to a system of irrigation control that is activated when the humidity sensor detects a humidity level below the minimum threshold. 9. System of formation of landscaped areas in walls according to any one of claims 1 or 2 characterized in that the pot (2) has drain holes (10) at its base to evacuate excess water. 10. System of formation of landscaped areas in walls according to claim 9 characterized in that the pot (2) has at its bottom an absorbent material (11) that retains water from irrigation or rain.