Via Verde — The Green Way

New York City, United States, North America

Completed · Mixed Use · Affordable Mixed-Use Residential · Temperate · 2012

A mixed-income residential development in the South Bronx combining affordable housing with a cascading series of green roofs providing food growing space, solar PV, and stormwater management. It was one of the first large-scale demonstrations that sustainable design is deliverable within affordable housing budget constraints.

Innovation highlights

• cascading rooftop gardens providing 6,000 sq ft of food-growing space for residents
• integrated solar PV panels on stepped roof terraces
• green roof stormwater management reducing combined sewer overflow
• demonstrated sustainable design within affordable housing cost constraints
• community ownership of rooftop food production

Client / Developer

Jonathan Rose Companies / Phipps Houses

Architect

Dattner Architects / Grimshaw Architects

Engineer

Arup

Type

Affordable Mixed-Use Residential

#affordable housing #green roof #food production #solar PV #stormwater #social innovation #mixed income

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