The 2022 Green Roof competition in the Czech Republic has a winner
At the end of the conference Green roofs and facades – trends and synergies in Prague, the results of the Green Roof of the Year 2022 competition were announced.
One of the ways to bring nature back to cities and the countryside is the greening of roofs. That is why the Green Roof of the Year competition was created. Its ambition is to introduce the public to the possibility of greening the roofs of buildings and other building structures as part of sustainable construction, environmental protection and the return of green spaces to settlements.
The aim of the competition was not only to draw attention to the possibility of green roofs, but above all to show that in the Czech Republic there are many investors who want to have green roofs on their territory, capable designers who can design them and qualified companies who can build green roofs. The fact that the area of green roofs in the country has more than doubled over the past five years testifies to the dynamics of the development of the field of green roofs. Such results were achieved by the green roofs expert section of the Czech Landscape Gardening Association, which annually determines the total area of green roofs implemented on the territory of the Czech Republic.
The jury of the competition, which visited and evaluated the submitted works, consisted of experts in the field of design and implementation of roof landscaping.
The green roof in the courtyard of Truhlářská Street in Prague became the 2022 winner in a tight race with 7,718 votes.
Category: Intensive public roof
1st place – DADA District – Brno – Public green roof on former warehouses
Place of implementation: Sekaninova street, Brno
Project authors: GreenVille service sro – Ing. Vendulka Vaněčková (green roof), KOGAA Studio (building), Investor: DADADISTRIKT s.r.o.
Contractor: GreenVille service s.r.o.
Area: 400 m2, Implementation: 5/2020
Originally a textile factory near Zbrojovka Brno, later a dilapidated building on a brownfield. It was renovated in an industrial spirit by three friends, and the project with unique loft apartments was named DADA Distrikt. The golden facade of the residential building is mirrored on the surface of the Svitava with a crown formed by a black railing, behind which the community’s green roof is hidden.
2nd place – ZOO Prague – administrative building – Roof as a refuge for nature and zoologist
Place of implementation: Zoologická zahrada hl. City of Prague, U Trojského zámku 120/3, Prague 7 – Troy
Contractor: Zoologická zahrada hl. city of Prague
Project author: Ing. Eduard Chvosta, Investor: Zoologická zahrada hl. City of Prague
Area: 65 m2, Implementation: 2019
The Vltava leaves Prague through a narrow rocky canyon. Due to their inaccessibility, islands of natural native fauna and flora survive on the steep slopes…dry-loving, thermophilic communities of rocky outcrops. In the very mouth of the gorge, our ancestors placed two oases of nature – a zoological and a botanical garden. And just in the zoological garden The city of Prague had the opportunity to offer nature and man a refugium – a safe haven for wild living in the surrounding landscape.
3rd place – Green oasis in the Prague courtyard and the Public Award
Place of implementation: Truhlářská 1104/13, Prague 1
Project authors: JAKUB CIGLER ARCHITEKTI, as
Contractor: Zahradní Architektura Kurz sro
Investor: Solitaire Real Estate, as
Area: 250 m2, Implementation: 2021
The concept of the green roof of the administrative building in the very center of Prague 1 is based on the principle of a green oasis. By planting intensive vegetation around the perimeter of the area and creating living zones inside, spaces with enough privacy for larger or smaller groups were created. On the contrary, from the outside, the roof garden is perceived as a compact green island.
Category: Extensive public roof
1st place – Extensive green roof at ZŠ Václavovice
Contractor: ZAHRADY HANYZ sro/ Other contractors: GRIGAR, sro
Project authors: Ing. architect Hana Liškutínová
Investor: Municipality of Václavovice
Area: 330 m2
Implementation: 6/2020
The extension and expansion of the school building in Václavovice made it possible to cover part of the building with vegetation. The protruding basement was covered with a flat roof, on which there is a terrace in part and an extensive green roof on the remaining area. There is a view of the green roofs from the higher floors of the building. In addition to ecological, economic and aesthetic functions, a green roof also fulfills an educational function.
2nd place – Extensive roof on a panel house in Brno – An example worth following
Place of implementation: Brno – Bohunice, Švermova 255/8
Project author: GreenTop sro / Contractor: GreenTop sro
Investor: Community of owners Švermova 255/8, Brno
Area: 281 m2 , of which duck house 45 m2, vegetation 236 m2
Implementation: October 2020
Today, green roofs are slowly but surely becoming a standard requirement for new family houses and public buildings. However, the number of green roofs on prefab houses in our country could still be counted on the fingers. One was created in 2020 on an eight-story building in Bohunice, Brno, as the first of its kind in Brno.
3rd place – Extensive roof on a panel house in Tábor – Green roofs for better rainwater management
Place of implementation: Berlínská 2748, Tábor
Applicant: BYTES Tábor s.r.o./ Investor: City of Tábor
Project author: HIPOS s.r.o. in cooperation with GreenVille service s.r.o.
Contractor: HIPOS s.r.o., GreenVille service s.r.o.
Area: 315 m2, Implementation: May–July 2021
The basic idea of creating a green roof on a twelve-story panel building was to improve rainwater management. Most of the rainwater soaks into the layers of the vegetation layer and remains in them, the excess water drains into the sewers with a time delay and attenuated, and compared to non-green areas, green roofs reduce peak runoff.
Category: Family green roof
1st place – Residential roof in Horní Bludovice – Green roof as a view from the windows
Project authors: Lampart – Mec sro
Contractor: Lampart – Mec sro
Implementation: 2019-2020 The
green roof on the part of the first floor of the new building with a flat roof is visible from most rooms and frames the garden view. A small wooden terrace with seating steps is the ideal place for morning coffee.
2nd place – Extensive sloping green roof in Miroslava – Green roof 3 in 1
Project author: EKROST s.r.o., Contractor: EKROST s.r.o.
Area: 191 m2
Implementation: 7/2021
Thanks to the extensive green roof, the owners of the family house in Miroslav will save on air conditioning and heating costs and increase the efficiency of the rooftop photovoltaic panels. At the same time, it will increase the area of the garden by another two hundred square meters of vegetation on the roof.
Honorable mention for an innovative approach to the work environment
EXBIO PRAHA – Peristylium – glazed roof atrium for subtropical plants
Contractor: EXBIO Praha, sro
Project authors: Ing. Eduard Chvosta, RNDr. Oldřich Vacek CSc.
Contractor: Secondary vocational school Jarov
Other contractors: Vlastimil Sloup, Martin Švejkovský, Pavel Řezáč DiS.
Investor: EXBIO Praha, s.r.o
On the website of the Czech Green Roof Association www.zelenastrecharoku.cz, in addition to photos, there is also detailed technical information about each piece, so this page serves not only to promote green roofs, but also as a database of inspiring examples.
