Architecture Green Roof Structure

It minimizes the negative impact of any building construction materials as well as construction activities that harm our environment.

Architecture green roof structure.

Nowadays there is a new revolution of eco friendliness embodied by so called green roof architecture. The nanyang technological university of singapore recently erected a green roof building to house their school of art design and media. 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. It may also include additional layers such as a root barrier and drainage and irrigation systems.

Beyond the aesthetic value of this green roof design this living skin saves heating and cooling costs and collects rainwater for landscape irrigation. In the most basic sense green roofs are a layered combination of vegetation and membrane over a building that can help insulate and provide water management. The five story structure features two curved sections with stretches of green roof fully accessible to students.