Mingzhu Nerval – Birds singing through architecture – Integrating nature into built structures

This presentation will cover

• How plants can magnify architecture, and contribute to buildings’ environmental performance  
• How to keep live-green installations healthy and sustainable over time
• What’s behind the scenes is the landscape industry
• Mingzhu Nerval’s horticulture practices and how to bring rare species back to life
• and more!

About Mingzhu Nerval

Mingzhu Nerval is a world-class art & engineering studio with offices in Shanghai, Paris and London. We are dedicated to conceiving vertical living greenery walls and artful, luxury gardens worldwide.

Mingzhu Nerval was founded in 2010 by Mingzhu Bai, a fashion designer from China, and Antoine Nerval, an agricultural engineer from France—both previously educated in fine arts. We have since expanded globally and are joined by a multi-talented team with a range of expertise from botanical horticulture, to landscape architecture to structural engineering. Our team strives to create the most beautiful, ressource-efficient vertical gardens in the world, with ever-expanding biodiversity and innovation.

Mingzhu Nerval has been working with and recommended by architects like Zaha Hadid, SWA, KPF, and contracted by clients like Apple, MGM, Dior, for high-profile projects, including multi-million-dollar commissions on three continents.