Residents’ efforts have a building breathe
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WHAT is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about an old residential building — is it the dark corridors or the rusty electric-meter boxes?
No. 30 Building at the Meiyuan Xincun Community has earned the title of “a breathing residential building” after defying the stereotype by redesigning public areas and growing plants.
When people enter the building, the first thing they see are rows of pot plants underneath the windows and the electric-meter box is decorated with wooden strips.
“The green plants make the corridor a bright and cozy place,” said one elderly resident. “The good environment makes us feel happy.”
Growing green plants in public areas of residential buildings has been welcomed by residents as it improves the environment. The community piloted the program first in the No.30 Building.
The residential committee contacted a design company and hoped that the company could realize their ideas.
They were delighted when their idea was recognized and supported by Jiading District Gardens and Greening Administration Bureau, which offered them 100 pot plants for free to add new vigor and vitality to the building.
The plants are carefully tended by elderly residents in No. 30 building.
They have a tip about how to feed the plants — they use water soaked with the crushed peel of apples and bananas.
From time to time, bureau officials visit to teach residents about how to look after the plants and keep them growing healthily.
“The young man living in Room 301 was attracted by the arrangement and green decorations and he chose to move into our building,” said an elderly resident surnamed Wang.
However, the “breathing residential building” has much more than the green decorations in the public areas.
All residents in the building are now growing vegetables hydroponically — a method of growing plants without soil and the produce they grow has become an important part of their daily diet.
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