Document Type
Article
Abstract
The University of Texas at Arlington (UT-Arlington) installed the first extensive green roof in the Dallas / Fort Worth area in April of 2008. The roof was researched, designed, and is being managed by UT-Arlington associate professor and landscape architect David Hopman, ASLA. The approach to the roof is in keeping with the professional priorities of landscape architects and is not a narrowly focused scientific study such as the green roof research at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas or the ongoing studies at The Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. The test roof at UT-Arlington is 100 sf. with approximately 35 species of plants that are heavily biased towards native and near native species. The green roof is divided into two 500 sf. sections. Each section has an industry standard roofing system, irrigation system, and a proprietary soil mix. Detailed information on each of these elements is provided below, including the results of ongoing plant census data. At the time of this writing, the roof is well into a third growing season and is proving the viability of this technology in North Texas.
Disciplines
Architecture | Landscape Architecture
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Hopman, David, "University of Texas at Arlington Extensive Green Roof" (2011). Landscape Architecture Faculty Publications. 3.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/landscapearch_facultypubs/3