Interlocking Modules - New Slant on Green Roofs

 

Unlike plantings directly on the roof this green roof lies within interlocking modules that can be moved and replaced.

Crossing the Queensborough Bridge from Manhattan delivers you to Long Island City, Queens. Its riverfront is less than half a mile from Manhattan. This once heavily industrial area is becoming more residential and, some believe, may become a model for green-roof development.

One example is the green roof at Silvercup Studios, not only the largest film and television production facility in New York City, but now sporting the largest green roof in N.Y. City. The green roof covers 35,000 sq. ft. and comprises 1,500 modules filled with lightweight soil and planted with sedum varieties. The modular units are built by GreenTech, of Roswell, Ga., which donated a third of the modules.