An initial render from July 2008

Check out this initial render and description of The Plant Room concept from Alexandra Hills in July of last year showing how the ‘clip-on’ Plant Room could be applied to existing building stock demonstrating how to convert an existing building into a carbon neutral development.

Our regenerative habitat “The Plant Room” is an inner-city project that will generate energy, collect water, recycle waste and grow food whilst addressing urgent housing needs. It includes a series of linked outdoor “rooms” to enliven, improve and extend an existing building. Bolt-on elements will be configured to provide four typologies that build upon each other: micro - an edible garden window box, mini - a balcony space, midi - an outdoor room and maxi - a communal space. We will be using “living” and eco-system services to improve the existing building fabric as well being a catalyst for change in the surrounding area.