10/11/2025
A vertical garden fighting heat, noise and pollution — right next to Madrid’s busiest highway 🌿
During the excursion in September, we explored Calle 30 Natura: a 400-metre stretch of vertical greenery installed along the M30 highway. With 3,250 m² of smartly irrigated plants, it’s Europe’s largest green wall — and a bold response to urban stress.
This living facade cools the air, absorbs fine particles and muffles traffic noise in one of the city’s most exposed zones.
📍 Avenida de la Ilustración, Madrid
🎯 Urban goals: lower heat, cleaner air, less noise
💧 With climate-adaptive irrigation and sensors
A glimpse of what’s possible when cities dare to grow vertically.
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