Urban Green Flow: Bringing Greenery into Urban Life — Gold Award
Designer
Pei-Juan Yen
Advisor
Prof. Eric Chen
From Planar to Ecological: Translucent Planting Modules for Façade Regeneration
Project Description
Most green wall systems currently on the market rely on single-sized planting containers that are opaque and overly planar. This design challenges that limitation by introducing ten modular components and two assembly configurations, allowing vertical stacking from one to four layers. The system simultaneously accommodates four spatial functions: seating, leaning, visual permeability, and screening.
Three different planting container sizes are incorporated to support a wider range of plant species and growth scales, increasing flexibility and ecological adaptability.
Constructed with colored acrylic panels, the installation casts dynamic light and shadow patterns on the ground under sunlight. The peripheral planting forms a micro green belt, helping to lower the internal temperature of the structure compared to its surroundings and providing thermal comfort for short-term stay.
Through this design, the project reimagines urban fencing not as a passive barrier, but as an active architectural interface that generates positive environmental effects for the street and the surrounding urban context.






