RBC Blue Water Roof Garden
This is an urban rooftop garden that integrates recreational space with innovative biodiversity and habitat features. The garden explores the potential of ‘skyrise greening’ to bring trees, meadows and wetlands into the heart of the densest of cities.
The garden includes a full living roof that includes features for bees and birds. A central wetland area captures rainwater run-off and a winding boardwalk leads to a dramatic building clad in habitat panels. Low-tech living walls that require no irrigation enclose the garden. The rooftop infrastructure of cooling vents and air-conditioning units are transformed into sculptural habitat features, and the whole garden is filled with flower-rich planting.