Location: CH2

Site: 1

Lat: - 37.814325 S

Long: 144.966536 E

Aspect: Open, on top of the building and exposed to all elements

Level: 11

Install date: 4 Dec 2015

Public Visibility: Yes - from Little Collins St foot path with a telephoto lens or binoculars

4 Dec 2015 - Grant Harris installs a Tillandsia plant cage at the top of CH2 building - level 11. This site is at the very top of the building south west corner and with the plant cage situated on the top of the support beam the Tillandsia plants are exposed to all elements. The original plan for CH2 called for climbing plants to grow from planter boxes and cover the expander mesh, however due to the demanding site the plants failed to establish.

Eureka Tower, another SWARM location is seen in the background.

Site check 4 Feb 2016 - the plants have been installed for 2 months over summer and have established well

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.