In this week's comments update, readers are unsure if MVRDV's plan to cover the walls of a Dutch housing development in potted plants is wise.
Shelf the idea: readers aren't convinced by architecture practice MVRDV's designs for a residential development in the Netherlands, featuring green walls formed of shelves of plants.
"A zillion pots rimming each dwelling kind of looks like a cleaning nightmare with bugs, webs, urban dirt and grime," said Hilton Purvis. "Not to mention dead plant leaves strewn in and between them all."
"Plants are not mere decoration," continued Chris Becket. "But I fear that when we plop them down on low-rise buildings in the Netherlands as well as on super-talls in Manhattan (BIG's Spiral), it's doing little more than sticking flowers in a vase; there's no enduring horticulture in that. Just green-washing." "Horrendous!" added Charles. "Can anybody see out of their flat or indeed glimpse the sun" Next thing a yacht to the UN covered in pot plants, Greta Thunberg-style."
Spadestick thought the design resembled a different building: "Nice take on Edouard Francois' Flower Tower."
This reader thinks adding plants is apt for the development's location:
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