Green Roofs - Living Architecture Monitor - Winter 2012 - (Page 4)
ON THE ROOF WITH…
UNDERSTANDING THE RISE OF ROOFTOP FARMING WITH BEN FLANNER
INTERVIEWED BY: MELISSA KOIS
Perched atop the six-story building at 37-18 Northern Boulevard in Long Island City Queens, tucked high above the city streets is the Brooklyn Grange, a 40,000 square foot (3,700 square meter)roof top commercial farm. On the roof you say? Exactly, on the roof! The Brooklyn Grange is a classic green roof system, with a modern twist. Home to all the elements that go into designing a sustainable green roof, the Brooklyn Grange takes on a dynamic and challenging project – food production. Conventional farming techniques aside the Brooklyn Grange has battled elements many farmers would consider foreign. With just the perfect mixture of
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