Grass On Roof Of Barclays Center

The barclays center in brooklyn is installing a new feature on it s roof that is designed to serve multiple purposes.

Grass on roof of barclays center.

Roof lawn being installed on barclays center april 7 2014 at 6 33 pm filed under. A green roof was part of the original vision for the shop architects designed barclays center but the idea ran into a bit of a. The news that forest city ratner with the support of expected new partner the greenland group is planning a green roof on the barclays center sets up a bunch of questions for the memory challenged. Workers are busy covering 135 000 square feet with a substance called sedum.

There s still much we don t know including potentially significant impacts during construction which will be unexamined but i ll try to fill in some gaps. Forest city ratner announced monday that it will install a lush vegetative green roof to beautify the barclays center and suppress the bass boom bursting out during loud events. People think it s a grass. Although a green roof was included in the original design for barclays center financial difficulties prevented it from becoming part of the final plan before the 1 billion 18 000 seat arena.

Putting a green roof on a building doesn t give it a free pass. The barclays center in brooklyn is set to have a green roof installed. Now the idea is sprouting new life literally. Developers believe the new addition will be one of the.

The idea has been planned since before the arena was even built. From green roofs to living walls. Brooklyn the green roof on barclays center was part of the original plans for the building but the idea got mowed down during the 2008 recession. With green roof nanyang university school of art tries to disappear.

Barclays center green roof from architect s newspaper on vimeo.