Grass On Roof Of Barclays Center

The barclays center in brooklyn is set to have a green roof installed.

Grass on roof of barclays center.

And when it s finished it will be the largest green roof ever to cover a sporting venue. Now the idea is sprouting new life. As has been reported the nearly three acre roof is being given a makeover. New york cbsnewyork the barclays center is going green.

Developers believe the new addition will be one of the. Courtesy of shop architects this kind of green has nothing to do with player contracts. The green roof planned for the barclays center. 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.

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. Developers declined to say how much it will cost. On the barclays center roof there were no marauding bears to fend off. The idea has been planned since before the arena was even built.

Barclays center green roof from architect s newspaper on vimeo. Forest city ratner announced monday that it will install a. New york a roof grows in brooklyn. 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.

Workers are busy covering 135 000 square feet with a substance called sedum that almost resembles grass. 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. I m no bee expert but they clearly go for the flowering plants ms. To complement its famous rust colored structure a green mat like plant will.

I never thought of it as a floral.