Thammasat University Green Roof

Ft thammasat university green roof tackles climate impacts by incorporating modern landscape architecture with traditional agricultural ingenuity the green roof urban farming solar roof and green public space.

Thammasat university green roof.

Today urbanization has rapidly consumed agricultural lands pushing food sources away from cities. The rooftop farm at thammasat university in rangsit about 40km from bangkok s city centre is open to anyone who wishes to grow rice vegetables and herbs said prinya thaewanarumitkul a vice. As the largest urban rooftop farm in asia the 22 000 sq. Cascading rooftop can slow down runoff up to 20 times more efficiently than a conventional concrete rooftop.

The integrated design of thammasat university s tu urban farming green roof is a demonstrative model that incorporates modern landscape architecture with traditional agricultural ingenuity creating a green roof that supplies organically grown food. Alongside a team of engineers and designers bangkok based landscape architecture firm landprocess has realized thammasat university rooftop farm or turf in the pathum thani province of. A massive new green roof is designed to help capture rainwater in one neighborhood on the bangkok campus of thammasat university. By mimicking traditional rice terraces thammasat university urban farming green roof has become an all in one solution as a public green space urban organic food source water management system energy house and outdoor classroom which serves as an adaptation model for anticipated climate impacts that can be implemented and developed across thailand and southeast asia.

The project combines the elements of architecture and landscape architecture so seamlessly that it is almost impossible to categorize what type of work it actually is. The project combines the elements of architecture and landscape architecture so seamlessly that it is almost impossible to categorize what type of work it actually is. Thammasat university rooftop farm by landprocess panoramic studio landprocess. Thammasat university green roof is inspired by rice paddies.

As the largest urban rooftop farm in asia the 22 000 sq.