Green Roof of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore

• Kraka
  January 23rd, 2008 at 8:18 pm

  Yeah but does it have a sign that says “keep off the grass”???? Oh the irony…….

  If not, then they would need to build a fence around the edges so people don’t go falling off.

  Either way, I’m still laughing.

• Ali S.
  January 23rd, 2008 at 8:43 pm

  I think it would be quite ingenious to put a fence around the top and allow ppl to go up there. It would definitely make the place more accessible and cool.

• Louisa
  January 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 pm

  Very cool. The kid in me wants to roll down those hills.

• VonSkippy
  January 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 pm

  I hope the windows are golf ball resistant.

• Vako
  January 23rd, 2008 at 10:45 pm

  Ice-block races !!!

• Isabeal
  January 24th, 2008 at 2:08 am

  That’s very cozy. It’s lame if no one can go up there tho.

• Tunic
  January 24th, 2008 at 2:42 am

  1) There IS a fence. I can see it.

  2) “The roofs (sic) serve as informal gathering spaces”

  RTFA.

• Pol x
  January 24th, 2008 at 6:47 am

  The Parliament Building in Canberra (capital of Australia fact fans)is also grassed over so that the citizens of Australia can walk over it and look down on the politicians physically as well as morally.

• SW
  January 24th, 2008 at 9:24 am

  but how do you mow it?

• Sid Morrison
  January 24th, 2008 at 10:35 am

  I think it is pretty neat. I have to wonder though… Did the school have its own people involved in the design of the project as well? It looks like this school of art and design at an engineering/technical institute just hired some outside firm to come up with everything. Were their own “experts” involved in the creative process or did they just approve the presented designand sign a big check?

  My undergraduate institute had a nice school of architecture, yet new buildings on campus were always the work of an outside hired firm. What message did this send to people considering attending the school?

  My graduate university had a very highly ranked finance program at their school of business, yet the university’s endowment portfolio was always (poorly) managed by an outside company. I know the internal people could have done a much better job, but the university didn’t trust them.

  What sort of message does it send when they don’t trust their own “experts”? Obviously, projects like these are not a part time jobs and college professors are busy, but I’m willing to bet many of them would be interested in working on a few year “internal sabbatical” such as this to hone their practical knowledge in their fields and show off their own capability. What better advertising would it be for the schools’ own related programs?

• kid_icarus
  January 24th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

  that is awesome! i wonder how much it lowers the energy cost, especially in the summer. the roof does have a fence if you look closely, so people can go up there….even more awesome.

• DDT
  January 25th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

  Yeah it’s nice. I hope they used “Eco lawn”, which is a special mixture of grasses where you only have to cut it twice a year, because instead of the roots going 3 inches into the ground, they go about 15 - making the green in the grass last longer.

  I still think it would’ve been better to use real plants, as there is less maintenance.

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