Green Roof Ford Rouge Plant

The soils and grasses that comprise functional living roofs absorb water just like the soil and plants in a healthy landscape.

Green roof ford rouge plant.

The living roof s primary function is to collect and filter rainfall as part of a natural storm water management system. To the relief of most people in southeast michigan the factory remains open. A green roof is not at its most photogenic in a michigan winter. It s ten years since the start of construction of the green roof on top of the big river rouge plant.

Visit the ford living roof and benefits page and plan your visit during the ford rouge factory tour call center. Within five days of the roof going down local killdeere had nested and laid their eggs in the sedum. July 01 2003. Visit the ford motor company media website.

Last month unveiled a huge green roof at its new truck plant in dearborn mich. The roof is covered with 10 4 acres of sedum a genus of perennial plants that tops a 3 in thick four layer system incorporating a root resistant membrane a drainage layer a fleece mat and a vegetation blanket see schematic. Kevin described it in treehugger in 2004. The 10 4 acre sedum roof insulates the building.

Gordon wright executive editor. In fact it s hardly green at all more like gray and brown though it still insulates the building below just as well. Ford s new rouge plant gets living roof. Ford rouge plant in 2019 green roof in 2019 in 1999 architect william mcdonough entered into an agreement with ford motor company to redesign its 85 year old 1 212 acre 490 ha rouge river facility.

The idea made intuitive sense. All courtesy of ford motor company and xero flor america except for the illustration from william.