ASPECT Studios were engaged to assist the Franciscan Monks with the provision of a Multi Purpose Building and Fire Shelter at Tarrawarra Abbey.
As a response to the potential threat on extreme weather days, the green roof to this building can be wet-up via the sub soil irrigation system using site captured water with a pump on generator power supply. On hot days the monks can retreat into the building and be afforded a degree of refuge.
The roof is an extensive green roof / indigenous roof garden on a 200mm depth substrate.
Photography: Andrew Lloyd
Client
Tarrawarra Abbey
Scope
Green roof and landscape works, Town Planning Submission, Contract Documentation, Construction Phase Services
Location
Yarra Valley, VIC
Team
ASPECT Studios, Baldasso Cortese Architects, Fytogreen
Year
2015




