Intensive Green Roof Structure

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Intensive green roof structure.

They require a layer of growing medium soil to support this much thicker vegetation layer. The depth of an intensive green roof ranges from 15 cm to as much as 150 cm and can easily weigh as much 300 to more than 1500 kg m2. Intensive how do you construct an intensive green roof on a wooden structure with the highest possible level of safety. Intensive green roofs require the deepest soil and have the greatest impact on the structural design but they also accommodate all types of plantings including large shrubs and trees.

Intensive systems allow the designer to create a park like setting so they are the best option for roof gardens that will be occupied. Intensive green roofs are designed to support much larger items like bushes and small trees as well as a wider variety of plants. To bear this weight an expensive custom support structure is required. You can compare an intensive roof to a normal garden and this is why an intensive green roof is also known as a roof garden or garden roof.

It also avoids root penetration and is suitable for all types of vegetation. Intensive green roof system on concrete structure. I like it because it is a solid and sustainable building material you can use for the entire building envelope arch.