Warren Park Green Roof

This includes what is believed to be the second largest planted roof in the world.

Warren park green roof.

Klyde warren park is one of the more imaginative green spaces out there. At 350 acres it is seattle s second largest park. The park reconnects the city s downtown cultural district with the neighborhoods to the north. Downtown dallas klyde warren park is a marvel of engineering and design.

The 5 2 acre park sits atop an on structure deck over a recessed eight lane freeway in the heart of the city. Grass trees or flowers. Klyde warren park is one. Photo by mark andrew boyer for inhabitat at just over 5 acres klyde warren park isn t a big park it spans just two city blocks.

Features include an event centre roof garden and a sunken garden with a bamboo island within a water pool. The hottest summer on record was devouring houston s discovery green park. The park has a 10 000 person capacity and is managed by the woodall rodgers park foundation with full time security. The park was constructed as a five acre deck over an eight lane highway.

The park is designed to reflect the. Klyde warren helps connect downtown dallas by allowing for pedestrian and bicycle traffic between uptown and the dallas arts district. Klyde warren park is dallas s central urban park that has bridged the eight lane woodall rodgers freeway which had been a barrier between downtown and uptown. It s big enough to make an impression and to help dallas.

Gsa has over 80 buildings equipped with green roofs spanning approximately 2 2 million square feet. Last summer as the mercury rose and the ground soured and cleaved barry mandel had a choice. Since it opened in 2012 the park quickly became a catalyst for communal and economic activity attracting over 10. The park is designed to provide a variety of settings for public gatherings and connects the mixed use project with its urban neighbourhood.

Green roof s calming effect some say a park on top of the freeway never would have been possible without former dallas mayor erik jonsson s foresight in the 1960s. It was specified to help reduce weight over the massive deck structure above woodall rodgers freeway. Expanded shale played a prominent role in the construction of klyde warren park. It bridges the arts district and uptown communities with a walkable urban green space.

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