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Green Roofs

Green Roofs. Lee Burdett & Réné Lopez. L'Historial de la Vendée (Sweden).

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Green Roofs

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  1. Green Roofs Lee Burdett & Réné Lopez

  2. L'Historial de la Vendée(Sweden) What is claimed to be the world's first green roof botanical garden was set up in Augustenborg, a suburb of Malmö, in May 1999. The International Green Roof Institute (IGRI) opened to the public in April 2001 as a research station and educational facility. (It has since been renamed the Scandinavian Green Roof Institute (SGRI), in view of the increasing number of similar organizations around the world.) Green roofs are well-established in Malmö: the Augustenborg housing development near the SGRI botanical garden incorporates green roofs and extensive landscaping of streams, ponds and soakaways between the buildings to deal with storm water run-off. PLAN01, Paysage & Lumière

  3. Staircase Office Building (Groningen) NL Architects is an architecture company in The Netherlands. The team recently “showcased” their newest project, the SoZaWe in Groningen. This is actually an ingenious office building constructed in stairs for the city’s Welfare Department and Work Agency. Terraces and plenty of green spaces make it more friendly and also a very pleasant sight for the people of Groningen.  There are a total of nine floors, all getting a maximum amount of light due to the building initial architectural plans and all having access to the green roof. NL Architects

  4. 8 House (Copenhagen) And for new buildings in Copenhagen, they're mandatory as of last month. Copenhagen has become the first Scandinavian city to adopt a policy that requires green roofs for all new buildings with roof slopes of less than 30 degrees. Copenhagen presently has 20,000 square meters (over 215,000 square feet) of flat roofs. It is hoped that as much as 5,000 square meters of new development each year will be covered with vegetation. This is part of Copenhagen's effort to become "the world's first carbon neutral capital by 2025," and unlike a lot of similar targets and visions, it seems like it's being taken seriously BIG - BjarkeIngels Group

  5. California Academy of Sciences (USA) Designed by the Italian architectRenzo Piano on the site of the academy’s demolished home, the building has a steel frame that rests amid the verdant flora like a delicate piece of fine embroidery. Capped by a stupendous floating green roof of undulating mounds of plants, it embodies the academy’s philosophy that humanity is only one part of an endlessly complex universal system. Renzo Piano

  6. The ACROS Fukuoka (Japan) In Fukuoka City in Japan, they have an amazing building called “ACROS Fukuoka” with two very distinct sides: one side looks like a conventional office building with glass walls, but on the other side there is a huge terraced roof that merges with a park. The garden terraces, which reach up to about 60 meters above the ground, contain some 35,000 plants representing 76 species. A huge semicircular atrium and the triangular lobby provide contrast to the greenery, in this space is a symphony hall, offices and shops. Nihon SekkeiTakenaka Corporation

  7. Chicago City Hall (USA) As part of an EPA study and initiative to combat the urban heat island effect and to improve urban air quality, Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Chicago began construction of a 38,800 square foot (total roof area) semi-extensive green roof in April 2000. It was completed at the end of 2001 at a cost $2.5 million, funded by a settlement with ComEd.  Encompassing one square block and twelve stories high, this retrofit application serves as a demonstration project and test green roof. The project was completed in the summer of 2001 and will be monitored for plant survival as well as other environmental features. Chicago City Hall's green roof saves $5,000 a year on utility bills, according to Michael Berkshire. William McDonough

  8. Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) This 5 story facility sweeps a wooded corner of the campus with an organic, vegetated form that blends landscape and structure, nature and high-tech and symbolizes the creativity it houses. KenzoTange

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