Type of Project: Green Roof

Name of Project: Park Slope

Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn

Use: Residential

Size: 400 SF

Completion Date: 2009

Designer: Alive Structures

Project Description: An intensive green roof, approximately 8” of soil depth, on top of a first floor extension of a Park Slope Townhouse. The roof is below a large oak tree that shades the lower building. The green roof is planted with shade tolerant native perennials such as Christmas Ferns, Foamflower, Heuchera, and Appalachian Sedge. This plant palette creates a woodland environment and natural habitat.

Phototgrapher: Marni Majorelle, 2009