Plant Cooling: Evaporation and Shading Combined

A Mediterranean modern semi-outdoor space where plants regulate the microclimate through evaporation and shade. Overhead, a wooden pergola is covered with grapevines, their leaves filtering sunlight into dappled light spots. Along the wall on the ground, several large terracotta pots hold lemon, rosemary, and olive trees; the soil has just been watered and its surface is dark. The air carries the scent of plants and damp earth. Due to evapotranspiration, the temperature in this small area is a few degrees lower than its surroundings. Avoid: using artificial plants and synthetic shade cloth, arranging plants in neat flowerbeds, using ornamental flowers that require a lot of water, having no plants at all in the semi-outdoor space.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一處以植物調節微氣候的地中海現代半戶外。頭頂是爬滿葡萄藤的木構棚架,葉子把陽光濾成細碎的光斑;地面靠牆排著幾個大陶盆,種著檸檬、迷迭香與橄欖,土壤剛澆過水,表面是深色的。空氣中有植物與濕土的氣味。因為蒸散作用,這一小塊區域的溫度比周圍低幾度。避免:使用假植物與人工遮陽布、把植物種成整齊的花壇、使用需要大量水的觀賞花卉、讓半戶外空間完全沒有植物。