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Abstract
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's 2,400 S.F. green roof demonstration garden displays a wide range of green roof technology. The display presents visitors with a green roof demonstration garden that reveals a diversity of green roof systems. The demonstration garden features four progressively thicker green roof systems including wetland, extensive, semiintensive,and intensive systems. The demonstration garden is a retrofit project that is integrated into the existing vernacular of the modern building. Structurally, the roof supports an additional 40-90 pounds per square foot. This means the roof can support a six to eighteen inch thick green roof profile, and a diversity of vegetation that corresponds to the various profiles. The demonstration garden provides a great format for research and education for the Nature Museum that includes demonstration of the design process and the evolution of the garden over time.
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum's 2,400 S.F. green roof demonstration garden displays a wide range of green roof technology. The display presents visitors with a green roof demonstration garden that reveals a diversity of green roof systems. The demonstration garden features four progressively thicker green roof systems including wetland, extensive, semiintensive,and intensive systems. The demonstration garden is a retrofit project that is integrated into the existing vernacular of the modern building. Structurally, the roof supports an additional 40-90 pounds per square foot. This means the roof can support a six to eighteen inch thick green roof profile, and a diversity of vegetation that corresponds to the various profiles. The demonstration garden provides a great format for research and education for the Nature Museum that includes demonstration of the design process and the evolution of the garden over time.
Date
5/2003
5/2003
Author(s)
Bruce Dvorak
Bruce Dvorak
Page(s)
Keyword(s)
green roof; nature museum
green roof; nature museum