Green façade, made of over 30, 000 hornbeams, a good 8 kilometers long hedge, on the roof and the façade of the Kö-Bogen-2 house form the largest green façade in Europe, the plants prevent the façade from heating up and cool the environment by evaporating moisture, through the plants, improving the microclimate in summer, Schadowstraße, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Green façade, made of over 30, 000 hornbeams, a good 8 kilometers long hedge, on the roof and the façade of the Kö-Bogen-2 house form the largest green façade in Europe, the plants prevent the façade from heating up and cool the environment by evaporating moisture, through the plants, improving the microclimate in summer, Schadowstraße, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Jul 09, 2026

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Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jochen Tack

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BRK26H36_074

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