Patrick Blanc (born June 3, 1953,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

) is a French

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

who works at the

French National Centre for Scientific Research The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...

, where he specializes in plants from

tropical forests Tropical forests (a.k.a. jungle) are forested landscapes in tropical regions: ''i.e.'' land areas approximately bounded by the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing winds. Some tropical fores ...

. He is the modern innovator of the green wall, specifically, he invented the modern vertical hydroponics garden, which distinguishes it from its predecessors (aka. the Green Wall, Botanical Brick invented by Professor Stanley Hart White at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1938). Patrick Blancs contemporary patents are responsible for modernizing and popularizing the garden type. Blanc describes his vertical garden as follows: This system exemplifies Blanc's ideas as a scientist and also the 15th target of the ''

Haute Qualité Environnementale The ''Haute Qualité Environnementale'' or HQE (High Quality Environmental standard) is a standard for green building in France, based on the principles of sustainable development first set out at the 1992 Earth Summit. The standard is controlled ...

'' ("High Quality Environment") project, although the latter gives particular stress to use of more local species, at least outdoors. In 2009 he was awarded an

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of the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

Works

; Green walls * 1988 : green wall, made at the Museum of Science and Industry in Paris * 1998 : Fondation Cartier in Paris * 2000 :

Aquarium of Genoa The Aquarium of Genoa ( it, Acquario di Genova) is the largest aquarium in Italy. Located in the Old Harbour area of Genoa, Italy, the aquarium is a member organization of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), and welcomes more th ...

, Italy * 2001 : Perhsing Hall Hotel in Paris * 2003 : Marithé & François Girbaud boutique in

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

* 2003 : French Embassy in

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

* 2004 : Green façade at the Administrative building of the

Quai Branly Museum A wharf, quay (, also ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more berths (mooring locatio ...

in Paris * 2004 :

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number 1 (number), one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, D ...

, Japan. * 2005 : North face of the shopping centre in

Avignon Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of So ...

* 2005 : Vinet Square in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

(with

Michel Desvigne Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...

) * 2005 :

Siam Paragon Siam Paragon ( th, สยามพารากอน) is a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of the largest malls in Thailand, along with IconSiam, CentralWorld and CentralPlaza WestGate. Siam Paragon includes a range of specialty sto ...

shopping center in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

* 2006 : Weleda,

8th arrondissement of Paris The 8th arrondissement of Paris (''VIIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, the arrondissement is colloquially referred to as ''le huitième'' ("the eighth"). The arrondissement, ...

* 2007 : ''BHV Hommes'' shop (BHV for men),

4th arrondissement of Paris The 4th arrondissement of Paris (''IVe arrondissement'') is one of the twenty arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''quatrième''. Along with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd arrondissement ...

* 2007 :

CaixaForum Madrid CaixaForum Madrid is a cultural center in Madrid, Spain. Located in Paseo del Prado in a former power station, it is owned by the not-for-profit banking foundation "la Caixa". The art center opened its doors in 2008 and it hosts temporary art ex ...

* 2008 : Arch at the roundabout at the Grand Theatre of Provence at

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

* 2008 : Galeria Przymorze, shopping centre in

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

, Poland * 2008 :

Melbourne Central Shopping Centre Melbourne Central is a large shopping centre, office, and public transport hub in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes the Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, which was refurbished in 2005 by architects Ashton Raggatt ...

, Australia * 2008 :

Galeries Lafayette The Galeries Lafayette () is an upmarket French department store chain, the biggest in Europe. Its flagship store is on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris but it now operates in a number of other locations in France and othe ...

, Berlin Friedrichstraße, Germany * 2009 :

The Athenaeum Hotel The Athenaeum is a family-owned five-star hotel overlooking Green Park in Piccadilly, London. History Hope House was built at 116 Piccadilly in 1849–1850 by Henry Pelham-Clinton, the 6th Duke of Newcastle. The name Athenaeum first appears aro ...

, Piccadilly, London, UK * 2009 : 360 Mall, Kuwait * 2010 : Ronald Lu & Partners, Hong Kong * 2014 :

Central Park Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West Side, Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the List of New York City parks, fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban par ...

, Sydney * 2016 : Le Nouvel Towers, Kuala Lumpur * 2018 : Museum of Contemporary Art,

Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ...

https://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/node/14152 (Polish) ;Other works * 1994 : Garden Festival of

Chaumont-sur-Loire Chaumont-sur-Loire (, ), commonly known as Chaumont, is a commune and town in the Loir-et-Cher department and the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France, known for its historical defensive walls and its castle. Château de Chaum ...

Bibliography

* 1990 : ''Biologie d'une canopée de forêt équatoriale : rapport de Mission Radeau des cimes, octobre-novembre 1989, Petit Saut, - Guyane française'', ("Biology under an equatorial forest: report of Study Radeus, October–November 1989,

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...

, a collective study under the direction of Francis Hallé et Patrick Blanc, Departement of Industry and xylochemistry * 2002 : ''Être plante à l'ombre des forêts tropicales'' ("Putting plants in the light of tropical forests"), Éditions Nathan * 2005 : ''Le bonheur d'être plante'', ("The pleasure of being a plant"), Éditions Maren Sell () * 2007 : ''Folies végétales'' ("Plants' follies"), (lecture, Paris), éditions Chêne * 2008 : ''Le Mur Végétal, de la nature à la ville'' ("The green wall in town and country"), éditions Michel Lafon

Gallery

Image:CaixaForum Madrid 1.jpg, The vertical garden of

at its creation in 2007. Image:Vertical - Taken from Paseo de Prado.jpg, CaixaForum in 2009. Image:CaixaForum Madrid (España) 01.jpg, CaixaForum in 2011, showing the evolution of the vegetation in 4 years. Image:Jardín vertical de CaixaForum Madrid.jpg, Detail of CaixaForum in 2011. Image:Mur végétal Aix.JPG, Vertical garden of the Arche du rond point du Grand Théâtre de Provence, in

(2008).

References

External links

Patrick Blanc's homepage

InFrame.tv video interview with Patrick Blanc which includes footage of the construction of his vertical garden in Melbourne, Australia

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, 3 May 2007
Interview with Patrick Blanc
by Ping magazine. {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanc, Patrick 20th-century French botanists 1953 births Living people 21st-century French botanists

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