Darlinghurst Rooftop Garden

Posted on: Wed, 2016-11-23 23:28   By: matt
Date of completion:
2015-11-23
Designer:
Verdant Solutions Australia
Owner Name:
Private Residence
City:
Sydney
State:
NSW
Country:
Australia

The project was client driven to primarity create a secret roof garden for himself and wife and to convert a three storey apartment building into living, studio and office spaces. Verdant Solutions Australia were engaged by the client to design a personal secret green roof off a newly designed living area. The landscape brief also incorporated a separate courtyard with planters; an atrium fern garden; verandah planters; a kitchen herb garden and a rear lane community garden.

The green roof grow media has a high mineral content ranging in depth from 500 - 950mm. Sub-surface KISSS irrigation and drippers have ensured that the continued growth of the mature trees; shrubs and ground cover has been robust and prolific. After 1.5 years the growth is abundant and lush with high biodiversity, birds, bees, butterflies and an ever changing array of scents, colours and textures. Due to high wind exposure tree anchors were installed for the 7 metre trees which survived a 120km mini hurricane two weeks after installation. The rooms below the green roof benefit from the excellent insulation during winter & summer reducing energy costs and the abundence of vegetables and herbs have reduced food costs. The rooftop areas are versatile and used for entertaining, gardening, contemplation and relaxation with superb panoramic views to the city and harbour.

For more information contact: verdantsolutionsaus@gmail.com

CO-AP Awards:
Nov 2016: Darlinghurst Rooftop has received a National Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alternations & Additions) at the 2016 National AIA Awards
July 2016: Hugh and Eva Buhrich Award for Residential Architecture (Alterations & Additions) at the 2016 NSW Chapter Australian Insitute of Architecture Awards
August 2015: 2015 Houses Awards presented at the NGV in Melbourne - Commendation in the Outdoor category.

Project Type: 
Green Roof
Building Type: 
Commercial
Green Roof Type: 
Intensive
Test/Research Greenroof/Wall: 
Yes
Green Roof/Wall System: 
Custom
Number of Greenroofs / Walls on Property: 
3
Roof/Wall Size: 
2 200.00m²
Roof/Wall Slope: 
5%
Roof Accessibility/Amenity: 
Yes
Open to the Public: 
No
Designers/Manufacturer of Record: 
Verdant Solutions Australia (VSA) used specific components to design and install the intensive green roof. Sub contractors were engaged to install SIKA-SARNAFIL waterproofing, ILD were engaged to test it; Andreasens Green Nursery and others supplied mature trees, shrubs and groundcovers; Atlantis-Aurora provided drainage cell.2015 Houses Awards presented at the NGV in Melbourne. Darlinghurst Rooftop received a Commendation in the Outdoor category.
VSA were independently engaged by the clients and worked collaboratively with the Project Builders ARTECHNE and CO-AP Architects who submitted the project for several awards. CO-AP designed the alterations and additions to the pair of arts & crafts twentieth century apartment buildings.