Viritopia Limited

Funded by Northumberland County Council, this new state-of-the-art leisure centre has replaced the old centre in Berwick. Designed by GT3 Architects and built by Tolent Construction, we were contracted by Tolent to design, supply and install the living walls which form part of the façade design. The system was our first Sandwich Panel, done alongside Euroclad. The living wall was installed in 2021 and still receives on-going maintenance from Viritopia to ensure the wall stays looking vibrant and healthy all year round.

With the aim to support local biodiversity and improve the air quality, we designed the living wall to provide sources of nectar, an alternative ecological habitat through the use of soil and bird boxes, with a changing aesthetic through the seasons providing a variety of pollinators.There are also a large number of species across the wall that have significant air purification properties, which will aid a healthier atmosphere in the immediate area on the plaza.The living wall uses the Aluminium Top Hat build-up by Viritopia. Completed in 2021, this living wall is maintained by our team, and is still looking lush and healthy at our last visit, 4 years on!

Eden at New Bailey, aka A3 Salford located in Salford, Manchester is Europe's largest living wall. The living wall wrapped on all elevations across the façade was designed, supplied and installed by Viritopia.The living wall is designed with modular plants with an ivy veil with a mix of trailing and climbing plants, almost acting as a camouflage to the building as a whole. The species of ivy has been carefully selected for its hardiness and seasonal appearance. This living wall will absorb and filter the pollution and carbon in the atmosphere, enhance biodiversity, attenuate rainwater, reduce noise and provide biophilic benefits for the health and wellbeing of the users.This 3,900m2 green façade has a 20,000 litre self-sufficient rainwater harvesting tank, helps control the urban heat island, and took around 10 months to install. Eden is also increasing the BNG by 174% with this project, with over 16 tonnes of soil and 33 different plant species and 350,000 plants in total helping it along the way. The living wall is installed using the Helping Hand system. This living wall has received on-going maintenance ever since it was installed back in 2023 - and still looking amazing!

The main intent of this project was biophilia, and to enhance the well-being along with the overall experience of the spectators.It was a bit challenging as it is both an interior and exterior wall - it is protected from the rain and outside weather, yet still open to it and gets most of the natural daylight that it would get outside. This is why the Backing Board system was best. However, with the our soil-based living wall system we were able to tailor the plant palette to suit this exposure.It's a fairly new project but still looks very green with thanks to our maintenance team - they have cared for this wall ever since it was installed in 2023.

This extensive scheme is transforming the historic London Wall and creating a thriving new business quarter and public amenity space. It was a vision of Make Architects and Spacehub, the landscape architects, to have green infrastructure within the Barbican in the City of London, not only to create a green oasis next to a busy road, but also to bring nature along the high walk.This uses the Living Balustrade system, which has been helping London Wall Place look like a vision of health ever since 2017, and will continue to as long as Viritopia maintain it.

This Data Centre project has recently been completed by Viritopia and Sweet Projects using the Top Hat and Sandwich Panel system. At 700 sqm, this living wall is giving so much to the surround area - which was exactly its purpose. Being a data centre, there are sustainability challenges. Data Centres are very high in energy consumption and heat emissions, and they also take up a lot of valuable landscape which could be filled with nature - hence living walls are the perfect solution as it is vertical green infrastructure.The living wall will receive on-going maintenance from Viritopia to ensure longevity on this living wall.

This project was installed as an acoustic barrier as well as for biodiversity and social impact - using our Steel Frame system. With this project being the first thing guests see when the come to the venue, it provides a great talking point. It was installed in 2012, and after taking back the maintenance on the wall after a few years, we are proud to say the living wall is still thriving to this day!