The Winners of the Scandinavian Green Roof Award 2023
***The Scandinavian Green Roof Award has annually awarded the best green roof projects in Scandinavia since the award’s inception in 2000. Since 2022 we present two winners within different categories – extensive / intensive roofs.
The award is intended to inspire the Scandinavian green roof market toward excellence and to raise public and professional awareness about the multiple benefits of green roofs.***Read more about the award and past winners here!
We present to you…
…the winners of Green Roof Award 2023!
We have the honour to present two winners in different categories – intensive and extensive green roofs!Congratulations to them both!
WINNER: EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOFS
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The jury’s motivation:
The roof is impressive in size but primarily in execution. The largest part of the roof is built with extensive sedum vegetation that is partially combined with solar panels. Additional areas include vegetation beds with flowering meadows, shrubs and trees and the vertical surfaces are used for climbing plants. The vegetated areas also include novel use of dwarf shrub species such as Calluna, Vaccinium and Empetrum. These are plants that characterize large parts of Scandinavia but rarely make their way up on roofs! The project clearly adds a breath of nature to a big box building type that otherwise often goes unnoticed.***• Location: Oslo, Norway• Owner: Aspelin Ramm Eiendom• Contractor: Bergknapp• Architect: Nordic – Office of Architecture• Size: 13 400 sqm of green roof areas• Completed: 2022
WINNER: INTENSIVE GREEN ROOFS
Magneten Sensory Garden
The jury’s motivation:The project is an intensive roof garden partially situated on pillars above a street level parking area. The whole design is a good example of how you can integrate urban green also in areas where the surface constraints are very difficult. Foremost Magneten Sensory garden is a great example of a green roof with multiple purposes and a strong focus on wellbeing of the visitors and the staff working at the centre. The Magneten Sensory garden includes tree different themed zones catering to different needs and ways of experiencing the outdoor space. The area includes a vegetable garden, a flower garden and a “bonfire garden”. Water from the greenhouse roof and the institution building’s roof is collected and and used to water the garden. A lot of the people that visit garden have some kind of physical or mental disabilities and with a roof garden the access and use of the garden can be easily controlled and managed. This inclusive design ensures that all visitors can enjoy the therapeutic benefits of greenery in a safe and welcoming environment. Its innovative design and thoughtful integration of vegetation types make it a great recipient of the Scandinavian Green Roof Award.
***• Location: Frederiksberg, Denmark• Owner: Frederiksberg Municipality• Contractor: Møllerløkkegaard A/S• Landscape architect: MASU Planning• Architect: AI – Arkitekter & Ingeniører• Size: 1 000 sqm of green roof areas• Completed: 2017