Patent ID: 6725601
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A01G,E01F,Y02P

Abstract:
A method to build a freestanding load bearing shear wall that incorporates a means to sustain an ecosystem as an integrated component of said shear wall: (a) the main structural component of said shear wall is constructed with a multitude of openings between the front and back faces of the wall; (b) placed through the openings in said shear wall are assemblage means that secure to the back face of said shear wall and project outward from the front face of said shear wall; (c) at the ends of said assemblage means protruding from the front face of said shear wall is a means to secure rigid sheets of material to said shear wall; (d) said rigid sheets form retaining walls and are attached to the assemblage means in a way that produces a space between the main structural component and said retaining walls; (e) edges of said rigid sheets do not come in direct contact with the said main structural component and are attached so that the bottoms of said rigid sheets are closer to said main structural component then the tops of said rigid sheets; (f) said retaining walls are secured to said main structural component with an unbroken surface on the vertical plane while providing open terraces on the horizontal plane; (g) a medium is provided in said shear wall to plant said shear wall with vegetation; (h) after all said retaining walls are in place the space created between said retaining walls and said main structural component filled with a growing medium for vegetation; (i) after said growing medium is inserted a stratum of growing medium is created from the base to top of said shear wall forming a freestanding ecosystem.