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Abstract
The green roof at the Gap's 901 Cherry Avenue office building is both the project's most recognizable feature and its primary sustainable design element. The grass roof has had a fundamental effect upon the building’s design, construction, and subsequent performance. The green roof defines the project’s physical relationship to its surrounding context, plays a key role in the project’s energy performance, provides acoustical and thermal comfort, and helps with the project’s stormwater management. It also provides habitat and makes oxygen, in a sense, making the building come alive. This paper will focus upon the primary issues that our design and construction teams dealt with in bringing this green roof to life, focusing on the cost benefit study’s role in the design approval process, and the benefits of including a local native grassland specialist on the design team.
The green roof at the Gap's 901 Cherry Avenue office building is both the project's most recognizable feature and its primary sustainable design element. The grass roof has had a fundamental effect upon the building’s design, construction, and subsequent performance. The green roof defines the project’s physical relationship to its surrounding context, plays a key role in the project’s energy performance, provides acoustical and thermal comfort, and helps with the project’s stormwater management. It also provides habitat and makes oxygen, in a sense, making the building come alive. This paper will focus upon the primary issues that our design and construction teams dealt with in bringing this green roof to life, focusing on the cost benefit study’s role in the design approval process, and the benefits of including a local native grassland specialist on the design team.
Date
5/2003
5/2003
Author(s)
Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke
Page(s)
Keyword(s)
green roof; GAP Cherry Project; stormwater management
green roof; GAP Cherry Project; stormwater management