A post from popular blog Design*Sponge offered some interesting images of a familiar green roof or two. Some of the work TERRA.fluxus collaborated on with the non-profit iteration of Ecoroofs Everywhere between 2002-2005. Another, seen below, is the Elgert/Sweeney Residence from 2008, the green roof designed by Jason King and installed by E2 in their [...]
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Design*Sponge Ecoroofs
Posted in construction, design, ecoroofs, general, landscape, portland, press, projects on November 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Green Roofs from Above
Posted in construction, design, ecoroofs, education, hospital, portland, projects, retrofit on October 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The observant traveler at OHSU can spot the new green roof projects from the upper floor skyways and waiting rooms… providing the ability to see these projects without any sort of public access. Took a trip up today to see how things were doing, and managed to spy both roofs… here’s some pics of the [...]
Metro H2W Green Roof
Posted in construction, design, ecoroofs, education, habitat, marketing, outreach, portland, projects, public, retrofit, visualization on October 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I previously mentioned the design, along with ORANGEWALLstudios for the Metro Household Hazardous Waste (H2W) Green Roof project, which is slated to start construction in September (Snyder was awarded the bid). We recently project includes re-roofing of this structure, along with over 2,500 square feet of green roof on multiple roof levels (see more on [...]
Living Wall Concepts
Posted in construction, design, general, habitat, housing, landscape, living walls, portland, projects on August 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The living wall installation is complete at the Move the House Apartments (see in progress shots here) – with all of the 20 species of plants placed in waves through the galvanized metal troughs around two sides of the short structure. The structure conceals the interior of the trash enclosure, which is accessible through the [...]
OHSU Green Roofs
Posted in construction, ecoroofs, extensive, hospital, landscape, plants, portland, projects, retrofit on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A pair of bookends to the main hospital building at Oregon Health+Science University (OHSU) – the HRC and C-Wing projects (see previous posts here and here) have now been installed and growing for a couple of months. Working with Snyder Roofing of Oregon and Teufel Landscape, the first of these design-build projects to go in [...]
BPA Green Roof – Ribbon Cutting
Posted in construction, ecoroofs, intensive, marketing, outreach, portland, projects, roof terrace on June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A gray morning today for the ribbon cutting atop the Bonneville Power Administration 905 Building Green Roof, with some special guests, including BPA Executive Vice President of Internal Business Services Kim Leathley and Regional Administrator of GSA Northwest/Arctic Region George Northcroft, who did the official ribbon-cutting with selected guests. The project is nearly complete with [...]
Capaces Green Roof – Sedum Propagation
Posted in construction, ecoroofs, education, extensive, landscape, outreach, plants, pro-bono, projects on June 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As part of the assistance for the CAPACES Leadership Institute Green Roof in Woodburn, we have been developing a strategy for volunteers to propagate sedum cuttings for the roof, using on-site area and a small number of plants as seed stock. TERRA.fluxus prepared a diagram showing the recommended species, along with a visual showing the [...]
BPA Green Roof – Construction Updates
Posted in construction, design, ecoroofs, habitat, intensive, portland, projects, public, retrofit, roof terrace on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some updated photos of the Bonneville Power Administration Building Green Roof, currently in the last stages of construction. Progress has been swift on Levels 5, 6, and 7, with pavers, edging, growing media, and plantings coming in, to be quickly followed by irrigation and completion of the large fourth floor roof. See below for some [...]
CAPACES Leadership Institute Green Roof
Posted in construction, design, ecoroofs, education, landscape, outreach, pro-bono, projects, public on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
TERRA.fluxus is happy to provide pro-bono assistance for the CAPACES Leadership Institute project in Woodburn, Oregon. The project stems from the work of the group PCUN (Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste) or the Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United, and continue their mission for farmworker rights, helping to: “build the leadership capacity and political consciousness [...]
South Waterfront & OHSU Ecoroof Tour
Posted in bes, construction, design, ecoroofs, extensive, general, hospital, housing, outreach, portland, projects, retrofit, tours on March 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As part of Ecoroof Month, the members of Green Above Ground, along with the Bureau of Environmental Services, gave a tour of some of the area green roofs. Starting in South Waterfront, the group assembled at the Ardea, which gave a wide view of a range of local projects – encompassing extensive, semi-intensive and intensive [...]
