Harbour Centre Dental » GSky Plant Systems, Inc. -

OVERVIEW

The Harbour Centre Dental office was built out in late 2007 for a grand opening in the month of December before the holiday season. The wall is located immediately beside the glass door and large windows at the front of the reception so that all people walking outside at the bus stop can see the Green Wall. The plants were chosen to provide an even Green pattern across the wall with various leaf textures. No supplemental lighting was required due to the location of the wall directly beside the windows.

Location	555 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 4N4
Client	Harbour Centre Dental
Architect / Interior Designer	Matthew Soules
Landscape Architect	None
Green Wall Designer(s)	Chad Sichello
General Contractor	None
Green Wall Contractor	GSky Plant Systems Inc.
Grower	GSky Plant Systems Inc.
Maintenance Contractor	None
Date Installed	November 2007
Product Type	Pro Wall System (Interior)
Total Size	30 Sq Ft
Climate	Interior
Plants	Various Ferns Replaced by Spider Plant in 2009

THE PROCESS The installation of Harbour Centre Dental had few challenges. It's small size lent it well to a quick installation that lasted less than a day. A small step ladder was required to get up to the top of the wall.

MAINTENANCE The primary challenge with this installation is that the basin below the Green Wall is lacking a drain and therefore, all the drain water from the wall builds up every few months and has to be bucketed out of the basin. This oversight was a mistake by the General Contractor on the site, and could not be remedied without great cost, so the time to bucket the basin out is made every 3 to 4 months, which takes around an hour to completely drain. In 2009, the water was shut off for an extended period of time, this was after the maintenance contract had not been renewed, and all the plants had to be replaced, so the Owner chose to replace them with Spider Plant

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