Vancouver Convention Centre: Green Roof Videos

By borrowing from nature and maximizing science and technology, the Vancouver Convention Centre has assembled plant groups for its living roof. This innovative project brings in a new level of ecology and habitat to the urban landscape, and will fluctuate and change over time.

The first video features extensive interviews with the landscape architect, Bruce Hemstock from PWL Partnership, as well as Reece Rehm, planting supervisor for Holland Landscapers.

The second video you join the architects behind the Vancouver Convention Centre on a tour of the facility. With more than 470,000 square feet of highly flexible function space, the Convention Centre spans two buildings, and is designed as a series of modules that can be combined or divided to suit the needs of any imaginable event.

In the third video Steven Peck, President and Founder of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities talks about the many benefits of green roofs including how they manage storm water, mediate the urban heat island (UHI)effect and provide area for integrating agriculture into our urban environments. Check out www.greenroofs.org for more details.

The last video is a time-lapse video of the entire construction process - which is enlivened by the inclusion of the green roof soils and plantings.

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