lookbook rooflife/growndowntown - spring 2017

Lookbook projects & design

FOR CITIES, FOR LIFE, FOR OUR FUTURE.

WE DESIGN AND CREATE GREEN OASES

IN AND ON TOP OF BUILDINGS.

Rooflife | GrownDownTown

We Are Urban Green DesignersRooflife and GrownDownTown design and create innovative and smart solutions to solve urban challenges

by making cities green, edible, resilient and liveable again. We design green architecture, urban farming

solutions, rooftop gardens, indoor greenlungs and many other green solutions. We always design from a

circular point of view to minimize waste and our ecological footprint.

We could define our projects as:

> Interior

> Urban Farming

> Exterior

> Products

Interior

Joolz Year: 2016Location: Amsterdam NorthEdible: NoProduct: 120m2 Tropical and Desert Garden, Outdoor Plants

At the new headquarters office of Joolz, we desig-

ned and constructed three greenhouses with

tropical plants in the middle of the office. During

the design stage of architectural agency Space

Encounters we were involved in an early stage to

think about water management, climate control,

typification of greens and the greenhouse design.

Especially for this project, we build a waterbasin for

the plants to give access to water whenever they

are thirsty.

“Finalist ARC Interior Awards 2016”

“First prize VHG Interior Landscaping 2017”

“Finalist BNA Next Step Award 2017”

Interior

B. AmsterdamYear: 2014-nowLocation: Amsterdam WestEdible: NoProduct: IndoorPlants, LightTherapy

The old IBM office building has been converted

into an incubator for start-ups and entrepreneurs.

Inside the building there are numerous plants of all

types that decorate the floors, tables and ceilings.

All require little maintenance due to our smart irri-

gation systems. The building is 50 by 50 meters

so the heart of the building doesn’t have any direct

daylight. To keep plants alive we have installed LED

lights.

Interior | Urban Farming | Exterior

BureauYear: 2016Location: Amsterdam WestEdible: YesProduct: Rooffood Garden, IndoorPlants, OutdoorPlants

In the summer of 2016 B.Amsterdam opened the

upscale restaurant Bureau that focusses mainly on

business lunches, dinners and events. Guests can

enjoy the 1750m2 rooftoppark and the chefs har-

vest from that park for the meals and fresh mint tea.

Workers or visitors, now have the ability to take a

break for an inspirational session, a snack or a drink

on the green roof.

“Finalist Entree Awards ‘Dare Devil’ 2016”

Urban Farming | Exterior

B. AmsterdamYear: 2015Location: Amsterdam WestEdible: YesProduct: Rooffood Garden, OutdoorPlants

At the edge of the pond you will find a small mint

meadow with eight different flavors of mint. You

can also find a Mediterranean herb garden as well

as a variety of 15 different vegetables around the

old Trabant. This 1750 m2 of intensive greenroof

has fruit trees, shrubs with fruits, grapevines and

an edible flower meadow. The green on the roof is

fertilized with homemade worm compost from the

Worm Hotel. The 10 chickens are fed using scraps

from the kitchen, providing fresh eggs for immedi-

ate use. Everything from the roof is recycled and

used on the premises by the kitchen staff.

Interior | Urban Farming | Exterior

ZokuYear: 2016Location: Amsterdam EastEdible: YesProduct: Rooffood Garden, Subtropical green-house, IndoorPlants

In spring 2016, Zoku’s long-stay hotel opened its

doors in Amsterdam. The beautiful rooftop garden

and indoor planting is provided by us to make

their guests’ stays extra special and comfortable.

On the rooftop, we have integrated the crops and

plants to go with the exterior design. We accomplis-

hed this by designing special furniture to match the

architectural style of the building and of Concrete

Architects. The furniture also permits a clever irriga-

tion system so the herbs can continue to look and

taste nice and fresh.

“Winner Entree Awards Best Hotel Concept 2016”

“Winner European Hotel Design Awards 2016”


Casa 400Year: 2016Location: Amsterdam EastEdible: YesProduct: Rooffood Garden, VegeTable, FreshCabinet, Sunny GrowingGreens

Casa 400 is a unique hotel concept that combines

student accommodation with hotel rooms. Since

the construction of a green roofterrace in 2016, this

hotel has grown in popularity. NEST is a stunning

rooftop bar with a great view over Amsterdam. We

installed the fresh herbs on the roof, that are used

for the drinks at the bar.


Simmons &SimmonsYear: 2010Location: Amsterdam SouthEdible: YesProduct: 550m2 rooftop herb garden

This was the first large rooftop herb garden, reali-

zed for the staff of law firm Simmons & Simmons. A

550m2 terrace with roof dividers and borders that

are full of herbs, vines and numerous edible flowers.

The lower deck is filled with plants that climb up the

railings of the cortensteel installations. Employees

and their clients can enjoy this outdoor space in a

green environment. In addition to the lower deck

we made a connection to a second terrace where

visitors can catch some sun.

Exterior

WOWYear: 2015Location: Amsterdam WestEdible: NoProduct: Grasheuveldak

The ‘grashillroof’ is an in-house innovation,

which was first showcased on the roof of WOW

Amsterdam. This technical greenroof innovation

was developed together with the municipality of

Amsterdam. The ‘grashillroof’ is a sloping roofs-

cape, similar as in a natural landscape. Due to the

hilly landscape, water fields arise with the aim to

attract other types of insects and birds. The hills are

created by the use of lightweight recycled polys-

tyrene. This makes it the first roof that can store

water and attract biodiversity within the constructi-

onal lightweight boundaries of a roof.

Exterior

Kavel 2bYear: 2017Location: Amsterdam WestEdible: NoProduct: Roofgardens and terraces

This building designed by MVRDV, a renowned

Dutch architectural firm, has a desire to become

the first renovated building that consists of 80%

biobased materials. We designed and engineered

the greenroofs and green courtyard. Especially

for this project a biobased greenroof solution was

designed, built solely of biobased materials.

VoortuinenExterior

Year: 2017Location: Amsterdam WestEdible: NoProduct: Vertical green

The ‘Voortuinen’ is a residential building consisting

of fourteen floors, all apartments have a private

terrace with their own ‘front yard’. We designed

and engineered the 122 trees that fill up the ter-

races. The roof is part of this design, where it will

be possible to generate energy and store water at

the same time. The stored water in the waterbasin

on the roof will be used to irrigate the numerous

trees. A selection of 6 trees were made to fit the

tough circumstances of this architecture. Overall,

a project that shows how the future of architecture

will look like.

Urban Farming | Products

RooffoodProjects: Old School | Restaurant Vermeer | Daklab HvA Location: Amsterdam CentreEdible: YesProduct: 200m2+ Rooffood garden

With our ‘Full service fresh concept’ we comple-

tely unburden our customers by not only delivering

fresh edibles, but also placing, checking, watering

and collecting crops.

Michelin star quality

In 2013 we started experimenting with a new kit-

chen garden system on the roof of the NH Barbizon

Hotel to be used for the chefs in the kitchen of

Michelin star restaurant Vermeer. Together with

Lindenhoff Open Tuin we developed a full service

system, where the plants are nursed in the green-

house near Amsterdam, then delivered and placed

into the roof system. After harvesting by the chefs

the crates are removed, replaced and recycled by

the Lindenhoff. This makes it a closed loop system.

Capillaire kegels

Waterwick

Water

Gewas

Products

ProductsProjects: B.Amsterdam | StayOkay | Joolz | PostNL | Restaurant Vermeer | Vinkeles | Hilton Double Tree | Bijenkorf | StayOkay | East 57

< Left: Keskweke Deluxe (RAL colors)> Right: Keskweke

Next page< Left: FreshCabinet and restaurant herbs> Right: VegeTables and restaurant herbs

“How we make it easy and nice to grow plants

inside? We take a pickle jar, we Click&Wick a plant.

We fill the jar with water and place the plant inclu-

ding Wick in the jar. Put it in front of a window, just

grow and clean the air! You’ll notice when the plant

needs water, the wick does the rest.”

Products

Products< Left: VegeTable> Right: Lindenhoff enterprise

Next page< Left: FreshTable and Freshoirs> Right: Crops from Lindenhoff

Full service fresh concept

Together with social enterprise Lindenhoff we deliver

a full service concept. The edible flowers, sprouts,

vegetables and herbs are grown in the greenhouse

of the Lindenhoff by organic principles. Lindenhoff,

being a social enterprise, trains and guides people

with a distance to the labor market. The Lindenhoff

people not only grow the greens but also deliver

and place the crates in the roof or indoor system.

They check the crops at the customer location, as

well as the water and light conditions. Crates that

have been fully harvested by the chefs, are taken

back to the greenhouse for recycling.