Grass On Roof Of Barclays Center

Roof lawn being installed on barclays center.

Grass on roof of barclays center.

Developers believe the new addition will be one of the. Workers are busy covering 135 000 square feet with a substance called sedum that almost resembles grass. On the barclays center roof there were no marauding bears to fend off. The barclays center in brooklyn is set to have a green roof installed.

Developers declined to say how much it will cost. Another major sports arena with a massive green roof is the 113 000 square feet of grasses atop the target center in minneapolis home to the minnesota timberwolves. 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 snag. Barclays center green roof from architect s newspaper on vimeo.

Designed by shop architects barclays roof is a joint project between forest city ratner and greenland usa. The green roof planned for the barclays center. To complement its famous rust colored structure a green mat like plant will. New york cbsnewyork the barclays center is going green.

And when it s finished it will be the largest green roof ever to cover a sporting venue. I never thought of it as a floral. I m no bee expert but they clearly go for the flowering plants ms. Forest city ratner announced monday that it will install a.

One of the nation s biggest green roofs on a sports arena is taking shape atop brooklyn s barclays center where cranes are hoisting tons of steel beams and. 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. The architect s newspaper got an exclusive look at what s going on atop barclays center the greening of an arena. New york a roof grows in brooklyn.

The idea has been planned since before the arena was even built.