Project Profile:
Santa Fe Opera House
Project Summary
Richard Jennings was asked to solve the problem of water leaking through the bottom of the planter into rooms below. Draincore2 was used on a sloped bottom planter surface to filter water and drain it to a collection point. Flowering plants can be watered, the soil is contained, and excess clean water moves by gravity through the ring structure of Draincore2. In frost climates, both the bottom and sides of planters would be lined with Draincore2. Frost heave and thaw would expand between the rings while preventing pressures to accumulate on the pots, which won’t crack and break.
Address
Santa Fe Opera, PO Box 2408, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2408, contact: Joyce Idema 505-986-5908
Install Size
20 m2 (215 sf)
Designer
Earth and Water, 3552 Aqua Fria, Santa Fe, NM 87501, contact: Richard Jennings 505-471-5180
Contractor
Earth and Water, 3552 Aqua Fria, Santa Fe, NM 87501, contact: Richard Jennings 505-471-5180
Project Gallery

View of planter on the right with the theater in the background.

View of low planter with Draincore2 liner to filter water and collect it by gravity.

The far section of planter with Stravinsky bust in the foreground.