Green Roof Parking Lot

Gorgeous green roofed structure hides a massive parking lot.

Green roof parking lot.

This new typology for the parking garage could infuse extra green space into the city by elevating a public park to the rooftop while also giving way to a more efficient green roofed structure. The popularity of green roofs has increased in the united states due to many benefits including reduced energy pollution reduced air pollution and enhanced management of urban runoff. A green roof also known as a rooftop garden is a vegetative layer grown on a rooftop. Green parking parking lots are a good place to install green infrastructure that can capture stormwater that would usually flow into the sewer system.

Hidden under the green roof soccer field where the southern alberta institute of technology sait trojans play all year is a three. Green canopy by garis architects spans a community centre trailing planting cascades over the edge of this walkway which was designed by garis architects to shelter a community events space in western malaysia a powerparasol structure above an asu parking lot. Many green infrastructure elements can be seamlessly integrated into parking lot designs. Photos by melissa romero.

At one end the tray network would collect and divert stormwater from a silo style rain barrel located on the roof and through elevated building side planters. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. Doi rivers trails and conservation assistance rtca program exit under the national park service the rtca program assists community led natural resource conservation and outdoor recreation initiatives. The funding can be used to encourage installation of green infrastructure such as green roofs as part of the weatherization process.

The new 1 25 acre cira green in university city is pretty awesome the city s first elevated park opened to the public today and sits on top of the parking garage of cira centre south brandywine realty s 2 7 million square foot mixed use vertical neighborhood we snapped some shots of cira green this morning when we had the park to ourselves save.