Prestigious Dance Centre – the building won the 2003 Stirling Award for Architecture see www.laban.org.
Reason for Green Roof
Planning condition for reasons of nature conservation
Type of Roof
Inverted
Size of Green Roof
460m2
Details of Green Roof Element
The green roof element consists of crushed demolition waste from the site mixed and applied to the roof. This has been left to self colonise.
Build up of Roof
These details are only for the green roof element as details of waterproofing and insulation not available.
Insulation and Protection layer
Approximately 15cm of crushed rubble from site
Comments
‘It is worth noting that we could have reduced costs further had the works been better co-ordinated with the original roof installation. In particular, if we had used the original mobile crane hire period to lift the material up to the roof instead of hiring one specially, the crane hire would have been nearer £2,000, making the total cost of the brownfield roof installation £8,631, reducing the rate to £21.58/m2.’ Rob Leslie-Carter, Project Manager Ove Arup, Laban Dance Centre
Completion Date
The roof was installed in the late summer 2002 and was the first of its kind.
