{"id":536376,"date":"2010-04-21T02:01:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T06:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/big-proposal-for-quebec-s-beaux-arts-expansion-features-a-walkable-green-roof\/"},"modified":"2010-04-21T02:01:25","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T06:01:25","slug":"big-proposal-for-quebec%e2%80%99s-beaux-arts-expansion-features-a-walkable-green-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/536376","title":{"rendered":"BIG proposal for Quebec\u2019s Beaux-Arts Expansion features a walkable green roof"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/21\/beaux-arts-expansion-musee_1_N8ReV_69.jpg\" alt=\"beaux arts expansion musee_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Sustainable development to minimize energy consumption. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/big.dk\/\">BIG Architects<\/a> have proposed a sustainable design for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnba.qc.ca\/Home.aspx\">Quebec\u2019s Beaux-Arts Expansion<\/a> that including a sloping green roof that people can actually walk on. Though the entry didn\u2019t win the competition, their proposal definitely is sustainable and can reduce energy consumption. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/21\/beaux-arts-expansion-musee_2_U7WQe_69.jpg\" alt=\"beaux arts expansion musee_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The proposal includes large day lighting windows and a sweeping dramatic form. Designed in collaboration with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fugerearchitectes.com\/\">Fug\u00e8re Architects<\/a>, the museum is centered on the creation of two large facades conceived as large windows that can allow daylight to penetrate to reduce demand for artificial lighting. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/21\/beaux-arts-expansion-musee_3_o387z_69.jpg\" alt=\"beaux arts expansion musee_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the roof lines connect to the ground and extend the park onto the building itself allowing visitors to take a stroll on it. The green roof also reduces water runoff and regulates temperature inside the building. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/21\/beaux-arts-expansion-musee_4_sGoDV_69.jpg\" alt=\"beaux arts expansion musee_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/21\/beaux-arts-expansion-musee_5_kfRW1_69.jpg\" alt=\"beaux arts expansion musee_5\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/2010\/04\/20\/big-proposes-a-sloing-green-roof-for-quebecs-beaux-arts-expansion\/\">Inhabitat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Sustainable development to minimize energy consumption. BIG Architects have proposed a sustainable design for Quebec\u2019s Beaux-Arts Expansion that including a sloping green roof that people can actually walk on. Though the entry didn\u2019t win the competition, their proposal definitely is sustainable and can reduce energy consumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-536376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}