2013 Top 10 List of Hot Trends in
Greenroof & Greenwall Design
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Beijing, China: 2007-2013. Mountaintop Villa& Rooftop Art.
When designing a rooftop garden...
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Light Park Floating Skyscraper
China: Conceptual. Third Place in eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition. City too crowded?Take new development, parks & plants to the sky!
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Helium & fanned living platforms float above - it’s not a “Sky Park” – it’s a Light Park! By: Ting Xu and Yiming Chen.
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reTHINK Bay Bridge
Taking Reuse and Recycling to the Next Level – Instead of Demolishing the Bridge, Plant it! By: Rael San Fratello Architects .
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# 10:Client Specific
‘Boutique Greenroofs/Walls’
Catalonia, Spain: 2013. A new vision of urban horticulture with lettuce, endives, mint, thyme and rosemary - while traveling up to 120km/h.
Green Your Ride: PhytoKinetic
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By: Marc Grañén, landscape artist.
São Paulo, Brazil: 2011. Art gallery & store covered in Sansevieria trifasciata - snake plant; of African origin, it offers protection from the evil eye or bewitchment.
Warding Off Evil Spirits: Firma Casa
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African-Brazilian religious rituals: supernatural powers.
By: SuperLimão Studio,Fernando & Humberto Campana,
Maria Helena Cruz.
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Fractured Views: Marina Lofts
Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Current. Mixed-use transforms New River creating public life along the riverfront while maintaining existing marine activities.
Marina Lofts
By: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and Cymbal Development.
Marina Lofts
Sustainable Tourism in London
UK: 2013. The Rubens at the Palace - on tourist route,“The green lungs of Victoria” greenwall is country’s largest.
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Soccer Team Expanding its Brand
Ras al Khaimah, UAE: 2012-2015. The Real Madrid project hasn't started yet: lack of funds. Tourist Complex 10,000-seat stadium, 5-star hotel, beachside bungalows & amusement park
on man-made island.
Real Madrid Island Resort
50 hectare facility expected to attract one million visitors in its
opening year.
Real Madrid Island Resort
By: J+H Boiffils sponsored by emirate Ras Al-Khaimah.
An Urban Vertical Forest: Bosco Verticale
Milan, Italy: Current – late 2013. 2 high-density tower blocks with integrated PV energy systems planted with 2.5 acres of forest.
Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest)
By: Stefano Boeri Architetti and Barreca & Lavarra, Laura Gatti.
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Wineries Enveloped in Greenery
Antinori Winery
Between Florence – Siena, Italy. The roof doubles as cultivatable land for grape-growing!
Antinori Winery
Circular skylights infuse buildingwith natural light.
By: Archea Associati.
Renato Ratti Winery
Piedmont, Italy: 2005. 12,917 sf of integration into landscape and climate control.
Renato Ratti Winery
Cantina Mori della Zugna
Trentino, Italy: 2008-2012. Its very nature becomes architecture – vineyards on the roof.
Cantina Mori della Zugna
By: Andrea Tomasi & Associates. Images© Alessia Tomasi
La Grajera
Logroño, Spain. Research facility and tourist attraction respecting the land.
La Grajera
Maintains constant temperatureof 37°C.
La Grajera
Collects and recycles gray water – filtered through a natural pond system.
La Grajera
By: Virai Arquitectos.
Hemp walls stock CO2.
Kolner-Wein Depot
Cologne, Germany: 2003. 20,000 sf Wine Museum covered with vineyards.
Kolner-Wein Depot
Claims to be World’s 1st vineyard on a roof, sloped rooftop farm& oldest organic roof farm.
Garzon Winery
Maldonado, Uruguay: Current. 75,350 sf Roof Garden. 400-hectare estate.
Garzon Winery
Adding a restaurant & wine tasting center at the top of the hill overlooking the whole winery and the lake. By: American Hydrotech.
# 8:
Small Projects, Big Results
Termas Geométricas (Geometric Thermal Springs)
Parque Nacional Villarrica, Pucón, Chile: 2002-2008. Outdoor hot spring baths.
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Porsche Garden
London, UK: 2008. Parking system won Gold at the Royal Horticultural Society Show.
Porsche Garden
Greater security than a standard garage – in your front garden! Platform uses hydraulics.
Easy Domes
The Faroe Islands: 1992. Contemporary geodesic prefab – easy assembly & low energy.
Easy Domes Living roofs with solar, wind turbine & more.By: Kari Thomsen & Ole Vanggaard
# 7:
Need Vacation Inspiration? The Hottest Green
Destination Escapes
Aarvli Resort
Goa, India. Inspired by forts of Maharashtra – massive ramparts follow mountain contours.
Aarvli Resort
Designed by Serie Architects..
Spa Center Rigi Kaltbad
Lucerne, Switzerland. Water, granite & forests in the Alps.
Spa Center Rigi Kaltbad
Modular glass skylights reflect light of interior baths. By: Mario Botta.
Casa de la Flora
Khao Lak, Thailand: 2012. Modernist hideaway in tropical setting. Voted one of best by Condé Nast Traveler's Hot List 2012; ozone purification & wastewater and rainwater recycling.
Casa de la Flora
Won the Traveler’s Choice Award 2013. By: VaSlab Architecture.
Intercontinental Sanya Resort
Sanya, China: 2011. 350 rooms on the tropical island stretch from the forest to the ocean.
Intercontinental Sanya Resort
A patchwork of inhabited roof gardens & water gardens.
Intercontinental Sanya Resort
By: WOHA
Tschuggen Grand Hotel
Arosa, Switzerland. Luxurious 5-star hotel in the mountains of Graubünden.
Tschuggen Grand Hotel Redefining wellness. By: Mario Botta
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Innovative Greenwalls: Stretching Design & Our
Imagination
Paris, France: 2004. 16 m high concrete cylinder ventilation shaft in la Défense covered in copper planters filled w/morning glories creates floral cascade.
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Trump Towers
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Current. 5 slender plant-infused towers are part of the redevelopment for the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games.
Trump TowersThe zig zag triangular louver system cuts away to reveal the greenwalls.
By: Aflalo and Gasperini Arquitetos
Trump Towers
School of the Arts (SOTA)
Singapore: 2011. 3 elevated teaching blocks hover high in the air. image ©Patrick Bingham Hall
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Singapore: 2011.
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Draws urban environment & landscape into the building.
Hamburg, Germany: 2013. World’s 1st algae-powered buildings has bio-adaptive algae façade. Zero-energy housing project uses PBR (photobioreactors) for the cultivation of microalgae.
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BIQ House(The Clever Treefrog)
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By: SplitterwerkArchitects, Arup & SSC
Strategic Science Consultants
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# 5:
From Hippies to Techies: California as an Up and Coming Leader in Greenroofs & Walls
California Greenin’
From the San Francisco Bay area on down through...
California Greenin’
Los Angeles & San Diego...
Ocean Houses at Post Ranch Inn Big Sur: 1992
Post Ranch Inn
Post Ranch Inn
By: Mickey Meunning, Rana Creek.
The GAP HQ (901 Cherry)
San Bruno, CA: 1997By: William McDonough + Partners, Rana Creek Living Architecture, American Hydrotech
Drew School
San Francisco: 2011. New assembly, performingarts space & classroom building. 3.5-story 1,720 sf
living wall + 2,630 sf living roof. 4,579 native CAplants – 64 of the 105 species from Bay area.
LEED Gold NC and for School Pilot.
By: Roma Architects, Patrick Blanc, Rana Creek.
Blueseed’s Floating City
Off the coast of CA: Current. To showcase cutting-edge energy generation & waste treatment systems. A “visa-free incubator for tech startups.”
Blueseed’s Floating City
Off the coast of CA: Current. “Visa-free incubator for tech startups” is seeking clean tech professionals to join the offshore Silicon Valley team.
Blueseed’s Floating City
Great hub of creativity & talented entrepreneurs from around the world - seeking eco startups & clean tech professionals to join the offshore Silicon Valley team.
Google Campus
San Francisco: Current. Cluster of bent rectangles, structures connected by bridges - 1 leads to greenroof café; total of 5 greenroofs.
By: NBBJ, Turner Construction, DPR Construction, Sares Regis Group.
Facebook Campus
San Francisco: 2014 start. Largest open-planoffice in the world. 280 engineers under a
walkable greenroof.
Facebook Campus
By: Frank Gehry.
Samsung Campus
San Jose: Current. $300-million energy efficient open-air concept & gardens on every floor.
Samsung Campus
By: NBBJ
# 4:
Local Government Acting Globally with Building Integrated Greenery
Transbay Transit Center
San Francisco: Current-2017. 5.4 acre park & huge integrated water management system. stormwater and graywater reuse saves approximately 2.85 million gallons of potable water.
By: Pelli Clark Pelli, Adamson Associates, ARUP, Peter Walker & Partners, Rana Creek & more.
Olaya Metro Station
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Current. Shape informed by massive sand dunes; 1st time a city in the region would be reached by public transport. Roof garden = a destination.
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Roof shape allows abundantdaylighting.
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Raised public gardens extendover entire area of the station.
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia : Current. By: Gerber Architekten.
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Delhi Pollution Control Committee Office
Delhi, India. Competition Winner - 2014. An expression of the work they do to clean the environment, the new office will soak up pollution.
Delhi Pollution Control Committee Office
Feeds on polluted air & water & returns them cleansed.
Delhi Pollution Control Committee Office
By: Manifestation: Of Fluid Architecture (M:OFA).
Victorian Desalination Project
Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia: 2012. Public/private partnership; utilizes reverse osmosis technology on a re-vegetated native parkland.
Victorian Desalination Project
Largest greenroof in Australia (280,000 sf), with 98,000 native plants.
Victorian Desalination Project
By: Ashton Raggatt McDougall & Peck von Hartel and Fytogreen
Bouctot-Vagniez Regional Chamber ofCommerce and Industry
Amiens, France: 2009. Architects created a daylighted and vegetated extensionto the Bouctot-Vagniez Town Hall.
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Regional Chamber ofCommerce and Industry
By: Chartier-Corbasson Architectes
New York Breathing Machine
2012 NYC competition winner for Vertical Garden concept. Office, Hotel and Sky Garden = Green Lung & Net-Positive Energy Superskyscraper with pv’s, micro turbines, ETFE skin.
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New York, NY
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A winding organically shaped ramp flows thruthe building to form the vertical garden -
vertical park length of paths: 12.5 km
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Social Responsibility:Putting Your Greenroof or Wall
Where Your Mouth Is
Emory Knoll Farms/Green Roof Plants
Street, MD: Co-founders Ed Snodgrass & John Shepley operate a socially just and sustainable business. Redesign of farm based on the Natural Step. “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.”
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“In a sustainable world,we must be systems thinkers”
• Green houses & offices heated w/spent fry oil;• Water for the nursery pumped w/ solar power;
• Greenroofs and photovoltaics;• Employees job share;
• Planted 9 acres of native trees & are turning• over 75 acres into ground bird habitat.
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Williams Engineering
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: 2010. “Sustainability is more than just a trend. It defines how we work and the vision we have for our community.”
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: 2010..
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Ongoing plant researchwith Northern AlbertaInstitute of Technology
for dry andwindy rooftops.
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Tremco
Beachwood, OH: 2010. LEED Gold certified, high- performance building. 4-section roof offers edibles, designs & recreation space. Wind turbines, solar, & 15,000 gallon cistern.
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Transformadora Ciel
Mexico City, Mexico: 2012. Former helicopter pad turned co-working spaces & 3-level greenroof – collaboration between Coca-Cola, Rojkind Arquitectos and AGENT.
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Endemic Mexican plants, 10 types of veggies.
Transformadora Ciel
Mexico City, Mexico: 2012.
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By: Rojkind Arquitectos,Zona Verde MX.
Annual Savings:
•4.872 liters of water harvested; •81 kg of particulates & CO2 captured; •3.840 kW produced by solar panels
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Xero Flor America
Durham, NC: 2013. The Republik has the 1st greenroof on a historic building. The potential landmark supports commitment to sustainability.
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Hurghada Environmental Protection& Conservation Association
Red Sea, Egypt: Current. HEPCA: Funded in part by the U.S. Forest Service, they educate children about the Red Sea’s bio marvels - boat entirely wind & solar powered.
Bio Boat
Dolphin-watching platform; living roof offers mini-habitat & viewing of migratory birds.
Desert Development Center/American University at Cairo
Cairo, Egypt: 2013. Also funded by USFS, the UAC rooftop aquaponic system & trial models greenroof goals: Research, Resource, Broaden Awareness and Promote Implementation.
Designed by DDC/UAC & Peter Ensign (of DC Greenworks).
# 2:The Influence of Architects -Taking a Leadership Role in
Greenroof Design:Ando, Yeang & Ambasz
Tadao Ando
Architectural style is said to create a "haiku" effect, emphasizing nothingness and empty space to represent the beauty of simplicity. Naoshima Art Museum, Japan: 1995.
Chichu Art Museum, Japan: 2004.
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Tadao Ando
Awaji Yumebutai, Japan: 2000. Sprawling complex – hotel, conference center & gardens.
Tadao Ando
Rokko Housing I, II & III, Kobe, Japan: 1999.
Ken Yeang
“Green design deserves its own aesthetic.” Bioclimatic skyscrapers. Solaris at Fusionopolis, Singapore: 2008. Vertical planting spine thru 15-story building. Landscaped garden
terraces on each floor, diagonal prism light pipe for daylighting.
Ken Yeang
Shenzen, Gangxia Development, China: Pending. By TR Hamzah & Yeang.
Ken Yeang
Ken Yeang
Zorlu Ecocity: Istanbul, Turkey. Mixed-use development project w/14 towers planned as a ‘city within a city.’ Office & residential towers, apartments, 2 hotels & resort-like elderly units cover
a 3-story retail complex.
Ken Yeang
Forerunner of Green Architecture – “Green Over Grey.” EDIT Tower, Singapore: Pending. Ecological Design In The Tropics is a 26-story highrise with natural ventilation, pv’s, biogas generation plant - wrapped within an insulating living wall
that covers half of its surface area.
Emilio Ambasz
Forerunner of Green Architecture – “Green Over Grey.” ACROS - Fukuoka Prefectural International Hall, Japan: 1994. Transposed 100,000 m2 park.
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Emilio Ambasz
The trapezoidal Eye Bank of Veneto /Fondazione Banca dell'Occhio, Venice-Mestre, Italy.
Emilio Ambasz
Venice-Mestre Hospital/Nuovo Ospedale di Mestre, Italy: 2008. Part of the healing process.
Emilio Ambasz
Casa del Retiro Espiritual/The House of Spiritual Retreat, Spain: Designed in 1975, built 2000. Reconciling architecture with nature. Arabic-Andalusian modernist.
Emilio Ambasz
# 1:
Greening Mixed Use: Sustainable Urban Living
with Man-made Ecosystems
THE:SQUARE³
Berlin, Germany: 2014-17. Mixed-use complex of 3 towers of gold, silver, and bronze mimic the 3-tiered Olympic medal stands.
THE:SQUARE³
Revitalization plan also has 3 diagonal shaped city blocks organized around themes of Sport, Nature & Life. Diagonal zigzags of greenroofs & walls, cascading balconies & green piazza.
THE:SQUARE³
Our goal is to answer the question: “How do we want to live in the future?”
By: Moritz Gruppe and LAVA.
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Yongsan International Business District
Seoul, South Korea: 2016.$26 Billion.
67 buildings: offices, hotels, condosentertainment & parks will create
360,000 new jobs.
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Highlight: 620-meter high, 111-story landmark tower + 2 dozen other “super-high” buildings.
Chongqing Chaotianmen
Chongqing, China: 2011-Current. 10 million sf mixed-use at meeting point between the Yangtze and Jialing rivers. Prow-like arc of 6 towers represents ancient sails.
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Restaurant overlooks peninsula.
Sky garden bridge has hotel lobby, restaurants & clubs w/gardens
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Dubai Sustainable CityUnited Arab Emirates: Current. 600,000 sf of solar, 46-hectare city to produce
50% of electricity.
Dubai Sustainable City
1.Entrance2.Equestrian Centre3.School4.Jouma Mosque5.Reception Tower6.Institute 7.Mixed Use8.Staff/StudentAccommodation9.Townhouses 10.Semi-Attached Villas 11.Bio-dome Greenhouses
12. Organic Farm13.Constructed Wetlands14.Planetarium / Conservatory15.Resort Bungalows16.Horse Track17.Playgrounds18.Solar Shade Canopy Over Parking19.Sports Fieldlti-Use Games Courts 12.Country Club13.Utilities
By: Stringa Planning Studio,Baharash Architecture.
Europa City
Paris, France: BIG won international competition-2020/21. Urban hybrid of intimate inner city + open landscapes + long views. Ski slope, thermal springs - huge greenroof!
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