Organic Green Roof Architecture

The key goal of green roof landscape architecture is to minimize harm to our health and environment while benefiting both.

Organic green roof architecture.

In a nutshell green roof architecture design outperforms any other type of conventional building with its focus on the environment. Organic roofs can advise on local biodiversity priorities and help you design your roof to emulate the habitats of target species in your area. In the summer 2005 issue of this journal i introduced the concept of greenroofs vegetated covers installed atop roof decks. Design considerations and system components.

Growing a new roof sustainably. From the most basic cave like forms and sod roofs of ancient structures to modern rooftop parks spanning thousands of feet green roofs have shaped architecture throughout history. Most green roof growing mediums consist primarily of inorganic material about 70 to 80 percent such as utelite shale which expands when heated up to 2 000 degrees and the remainder is organic matter. Wiley periodicals inc.

Environmental quality management summer 2005 by linda s. As an alternative to imposing our built structures onto the land without considering the function of under used roof surfaces beyond waterproofing we can incorporate organic greenroof architecture as a way of designing with nature to evoke displaced landscapes and restore a measure of greenspace.