Renzo Piano Green Roof Detail

Covered by six inches of growing medium the roof provides excellent insulation keeping interior temperatures about 10 degrees cooler than a standard roof and reducing low frequency noise by 40 decibels.

Renzo piano green roof detail. Collaborating with renzo piano building workshop and fxfowle architects hm white established a sequence of installation strategies to overcome the unprecedented challenges of constructing a garden 52 floors above the busy streets of the times square district. Photovoltaic cells are contained between the two glass panels that form the transparent canopy around the perimeter of the green roof. Renzo piano omri omca p i ˈ ɑː n oʊ pee ah noh italian. Italian architect renzo piano gave the museum a roof made of rolling earth planted with more than 1 7 million plants from nine different native species.

Renzo piano high museum expansion atlanta usa. Feb 19 2014 explore quiring nate s board renzo piano on pinterest. Record setting green building designed by renzo piano houses an aquarium planetarium natural history museum and world class research facility all under one living roof. Metal façade and roof skylight detail collecting zenital light.

They provide more than 5 of the. View details close details. It also decreases the urban heat island effect staying about 40 degrees cooler than a standard roof. More a piece of model art than simply a model.

See more ideas about renzo piano architecture drawing architecture sketch. The green roof provides a natural habitat for wildlife and endangered species like the san bruno butterfly. Renzo piano california academy of sciences green roof san francisco ca. 1 14 scale 35 x 22 x 6 this was one of the first pieces created on our 5 axis cnc router.

Piano s genoa workshop others are in paris and new york rises behind villa nave in a row of glass buildings with sloped roofs clinging to the hillside in a series of stepped terraces among. Below one of the earthen mounds is a 4 story recreated rain forest.