Location: CH2

Site: 3

Lat: - 37.814310S

Long: 144.966551 E

Aspect: On steel structure, the plants face south and are protected from the sun for most of the day, they are exposed to reasonable amounts of rain

Level: 2

Install date: 4 Dec 2015

Public Visibility: Yes - from street level Little Collins St, stand on foot path opposite the building

Grant Harris suspended, installing the cage at the lower level south facade of CH2. 4 Dec 2015

This site is visible from the pavement.

To view the work stand on foot path Little Collins St opposite the CH2 building

Site Visit 4 Feb 2016 - the plants are establishing 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.