E’ville Green
Livinintheloin, work in Emeryville, and always on the lookout for green. This is the first living roof that I have seen outside of The City –Academy of Science, and the living bus stop in front of The Asian Museum of Art.
The living roof “tops” the west elm, by the IKEA in Emeryville. The entire surface of the curved rooftop is covered in what looks like native grasses. You can’t see it in the pic., but the stucco surface of the building is covered with a very minimal lattice — ripe for planting climbing vines. “The project integrates a green roof, photovoltaics, rainwater catchments, high-performance building envelope, skylights, bioswells and living walls.” [ddimagazine.com] Whoa!
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