Texas A&M University has a new, ten-foot tall green wall adorning the side of Langford Architecture Center's building B. It was constructed from recycled waste metal taken from the automotive industry and is the idea of assistant professor of architecture Ahmed Ali, and associate professor of landscape architecture, Bruce Dvorak.

"I've chosen plants that are tough as nails," Dvorak said in a Texas A&M news article written by Sarah Wilson. "These can grow vertically in a small soil pocket and will thrive here."

To construct the live-wall, students took scrap metal and cut it with a water controlled jet, which they programmed using a computer. Then they bent each piece into shape and added aluminum rivets to connect it to the steel frame.

Funding for the project came from a "Tier One Program" grant from the university and the General Motors Co. https://tinyurl.com/ydydo2ft