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Greening projects in Philadelphia, highlighted at the Cities Alive Conference, 16-19 Oct 2022

Downtown Philadelphia: Project “the Arthouse”, a new highrise building. For the apartment owner, available are not only the typical amenities, such as a pool deck. Also available is a roof garden with various urban gardening spaces. “A new trend in urban greening” The old Silk factory: Back yard roof gardens, private roof spaces with an exiting skyline view to downtown Philadelphia. discover more Philadelphia, for more than 10 years, has been known for it’s rainwater policy. Cira Green is a public open roof park on a multi store garage. It is equiped with an extra drain layer to maximise the local water retention. It is open all day, free to the citizens to enjoy sykline and plantings. A number of Living walls and climbers highlight the new trend in urban greening. Here an example at the Museum of Independance in the museum quarter in Philadelphia. Cities Alive ForumYear: 2022City: PhiladelphiaLocation: USA

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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Credit for HD images to: Pikt’Air An extensive green roof which turns into an extensive green wall without compromising the architectural design. “The reach” expansion A combination of a lightweight organic growing medium for green roofs LiteTop from American Hydrotech and the Urbanscape Green Roll growing medium made of rock mineral wool fibres from Knauf Insulation has been used for the flat space. At the green-roof-to-green-wall transition this combination has been combined with the Ecose® Technology Green Wall Boards growing medium for green roofs made of rock mineral wool fibres. All growing media have been stabilized and strengthened with GardNet from Hydrotech. To ensure a long-lasting success of these green swoops before they were installed, a test ‘ramp’ had been created and monitored for months. Designer: UrbanscapeYear: 2019Location: USA owner website

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