Green Roof Architecture
A continuous green roof connects the three separate structures of the chongqing taoyuanju community center including cultural athletics and public health facilities to each other as well as.
Green roof architecture. With the green roof concept energy saving and nature saving processes are leveraged into an active lifestyle by adding plants directly to the roofs of buildings. 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. A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium planted over a waterproofing membrane.
In the end green roof architecture is considered a living architecture. Beneath the roof a structure named the cube. It may also include additional layers such as a root barrier and drainage and irrigation systems.
Named the hill the competition winning scheme is defined by a sloping green roof hosting artwork pavilions trees and an outdoor theater. Here we celebrate the work of some of today s most talented most progressive architects who have adopted green roof design techniques to yield beautiful sustainable works of architecture.
