Location: CH2

Site: 4

Lat: - 37.814291 S

Long: 144.966500 E

Aspect: On moving wooden shutters. This is a difficult site where the plants are exposed to harsh west sun when the shutters are closed and very little rain when the shutters are closed.

Level: 2

Install date: 4 Dec 2015

Public Visibility: Yes - from street level Rainbow Alley

This is an intriguing and challenging site - The plants are mounted on the animated facade of the building - as far as we know one of the few buildings in the world with an animated aspect that has living plants attached.

Site Visit 4 Feb 2016 -- today the moving wooden shutters on the Swanson St facade were open - as far as we know one of the few buildings in the world with an animated aspect that has living plants attached.

As part of this experiment, four mesh cages containing two species of Tillandsias (air plants) have been installed at challenging locations on the CH2 building. One of these locations includes the automated rotating, wooden sun screens across the front facade.

Melbourne City Council building CH2 - the red circles point to the location of three Tillandsia plant cages. 4 Dec 2015

Council House 2 (also known as CH2), is an office building located at 240 Little Collins Street in the CBD of Melbourne, Australia. It is occupied by the City of Melbourne council, and in April 2005, became the first purpose-built office building in Australia to achieve a maximum Six Green Star rating, certified by the Green Building Council of Australia.

CH2 officially opened in August 2006. and included roof and wall plantings. However at some sites planned plantings have failed to establish, and the experimental Tillandsia have been located at these difficult sites.