Project general details
WORLD GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AWARD
University of Tasmania - Coastal Native Green Roof
Nominator
Investor
Supplier
Architect
Fytogreen Australia
Fairbrother Southern Construction
Philip Leighton Architects / Room 11 / John Wardle Architects / ASPECT Studios
Fytogreen Australia
Location (City)
GPS
Country
Region
Year of nomination
Burnie
data
Australia
Oceania
2024
Project specifications
The University of Tasmania’s Cradle Coast Campus in Burnie proudly features a 2,023m² green roof, designed and installed by Fytogreen Australia. This extensive roof garden, completed in February 2021, showcases over 11,000 native plants from 27 species, creating a vibrant ecosystem atop the university’s teaching and learning building. The project, led by Philip Leighton Architects, Room 11, and John Wardle Architects, with landscape architecture by ASPECT Studios and construction by Fairbrother Southern Construction, has become a focal point for sustainability and community engagement. Richard Ingram from UTAS highlights the green roof’s popularity, noting numerous requests for site tours. The roof not only enhances biodiversity but also serves as an educational tool and a model for sustainable design. Recognized with the 2022 Australian Institute of Architects Tasmanian Chapter Architecture Award for Educational Architecture, this project exemplifies innovation in green infrastructure
Object type
Roof accessibility
Roof slope
Year of completion
Project in operation?
Administrative and civil construction buildings
Private
5-10 degree
2021
Green roof area (m2)
2023
Green roof specification
Method of establishment of vegetation
Tubestock planted
Vegetation
27 Species, 11,000 plants, native indigenous with the bulk of the plants being grown in Tasmania, but supported by plant stock from Victoria. All tubestock size
Vegetation layer
Hydrocell 40 media utilizing local clinker ash at 130mm deep topped with 20mm of stone mulch (10mm basalt aggregate). Fertiliser is Osmocote Low P 12-14 month
Retention layer
N/A
Filtration layer
Bidim A24 Geofabric - 2mm thickness
Drainage layer
Atlantis Flo-Cell 30 Drainage Cell - 30mm thickness
Separate layer
N/A
Protective layer
LDPE plastic protection layer above the waterproof roof - thickness 0.02mm
Root layer
Sika Sarnafil PVC membrane with ILD vector mesh and ILD leak detection system
Category:
GREEN ROOFS
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