Moving McDonald’s Corporate Headquarters from Oak Brook to downtown Chicago was a huge shift, with the aim of creating a more collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking environment to take the restaurant titan into its next phase. Taking A Restaurant Titan Into It’s Next Sustainable Phase Judges praised the project for its educational outcomes, and relatively large impact for a project of such a small scale. This small roof has a big impact and is responsible for subsequent collaborative projects involving multiple stakeholders, funding, and market development. The roof is the subject of doctoral and master’s study, visited each year by hundreds of professionals and students, and has been a part of national education programs. The cultivation of these plants from non-threatened populations in neighboring ecoregions provides a method of sourcing uncommon plants and the success of these species indicates innovation for reintroduction practices in future living architecture collaborations. The roof operates as a long-term research site for Kent State University, exploring the potential of green roofs to reintroduce endangered or threatened plants. Scruffy native prairie plants provide a resilient display throughout the year while signage tells the story of stormwater runoff to passersby. Situated in the public right-of-way along a new bike lane, the roof softens a very hard urban streetscape. The Happy Dog is place of community sharing and learning, a tradition the green roof extends. The Bike Box Living Roof Lab reclaims a sliver of the concrete jungle for one of the best neighborhood bars in Cleveland while working hard to discover how living architecture can aid global conservation efforts.įunded by the local sewer district to profile urban green infrastructure, the 149 sf green roof caps a shipping container transformed into a bike shelter for one of Cleveland’s most popular neighborhood corner bars. Judges praised this project for its high level of living systems integration for multiple benefits and commitment to engaging multiple stakeholders. Many organizations, associations, government officials, university faculty members and students were invited to participate in early charrettes while a select groups of interested stakeholders were further invited to continue through the design, construction and operational monitoring process as main project partners. Partnerships were sought with the goal of pursuing environmental research, education and outreach through the involvement of scientists, research fellows and department members so that collaborative research opportunities could create a ”critical mass” and enhance the ability to obtain grants for research of greater scope and importance. The project site is home to more than 100 species of native plants, including 50 on the green roof alone, creating habitat, enhancing biodiversity, and assisting in the stormwater management goals, reducing annualized runoff by 85%.Ĭommunity and project partners were welcomed early to the project to contribute energy, systems, computational fluid dynamics modeling, restoration ecology, green building, innovative technology, life cycle assessment and other consulting services. It is the first and only building project to meet five of the highest green certifications. The project was designed to be an education and demonstration site to explicate the efficacy of sustainability, and the beauty of living in harmony with the natural world. In support of this mission, the objective was to help transform the way people relate the built and natural environments. Part of the Phipps Conservatory’s mission is to advance sustainability and promote human and environmental well-being through action and research. Demonstrating Sustainability to Catalyze Real Change
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