Green Roof Ford Rouge Plant

The roof is covered with 10 4 acres of sedum a genus of perennial plants that tops a 3 in thick four layer system incorporating a root resistant membrane a drainage layer a fleece mat and a vegetation blanket see schematic.

Green roof ford rouge plant.

All courtesy of ford motor company and xero flor america except for the illustration from william. The soils and grasses that comprise functional living roofs absorb water just like the soil and plants in a healthy landscape. A green roof is not at its most photogenic in a michigan winter. Ford rouge plant in 2019 green roof in 2019 in 1999 architect william mcdonough entered into an agreement with ford motor company to redesign its 85 year old 1 212 acre 490 ha rouge river facility.

Visit the ford living roof and benefits page and plan your visit during the ford rouge factory tour call center. Last month unveiled a huge green roof at its new truck plant in dearborn mich. The 10 4 acre sedum roof insulates the building. Gordon wright executive editor.

To the relief of most people in southeast michigan the factory remains open. July 01 2003. Within five days of the roof going down local killdeere had nested and laid their eggs in the sedum. The idea made intuitive sense.

In fact it s hardly green at all more like gray and brown though it still insulates the building below just as well. A green roof was the most compelling solution to the stormwater problem at the rouge. The living roof s primary function is to collect and filter rainfall as part of a natural storm water management system. Ford s 1 100 acre river rouge plant opened in 1918 and began to turn iron and other raw materials into completed cars.

Ford s new rouge plant gets living roof. It s ten years since the start of construction of the green roof on top of the big river rouge plant.