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Living Roofs in Norway and Denmark

Posted in Found Objects, Information, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on September 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »

We (myself and John McBride) collected a few photos of living roofs in Norway and Denmark. Starting with traditional details from the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, then some modernized, but very similar details that we saw everywhere we went in Norway, then one very modern example in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Starting with a traditional detail – with layers of tree bark for a waterproofing membrane
They hold the facia in place with tree branches! Looks kind of funny here.
another view of that eave
A more recent example near Tonsberg – has metal clips to hold the facia, a modern waterproofing membrane in place of the treebark, and a bit of metal flashing in evidence
Another recent detail with elegant joinery instead of clips to hold the facia. I’m not sure about drainage…whether it just spills over when necessary…or something more sophisticated.
I think the lower part is a wooden gutter. Decorative clips hold the facia which holds the earth and plantings.
This little changing room near a lake needed a bit of maintenance. I dont think having trees growing out of the roof is intended.
We stayed in this house near Oslo with the same basic roof system
Water passes into a gutter with chain drains in some spots.
And we slept a night under this living roof on a hut in Langedrag Nature Park. It also had some saplings growing out among the grasses.
Almost all the buildings at Langedrag had the same sort of roof.
We walked across Copenhagen to see this cool ski hill atop a waste to energy plant (in the background)

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