Roofscapes, a startup founded by three MIT students, is planning to build greenspaces on pitched roofs in Paris to decrease temperatures, improve quality of life, and boost climate resilience. Pictured is a rendering of an ongoing pilot project over a former district hall. Credits : Credit: Roofscapes Studio
Roofscapes, a startup founded by three MIT students, is planning to build greenspaces on pitched roofs in Paris to decrease temperatures, improve quality of life, and boost climate resilience. Pictured is a rendering of an ongoing pilot project over a former district hall. Credits : Credit: Roofscapes Studio Roofscapes, a startup founded by three MIT students, is planning to build green spaces on pitched roofs in Paris, to decrease temperatures while improving quality of life. Previous image When the historic cities of Europe were built hundreds of years ago, there were open green spaces all around them. But today's city centers can be a 30-minute drive or more to the vast open greenery that earlier Europeans took for granted. That's what the startup Roofscapes is trying to change. The company, founded by three students from MIT's master of architecture program, is using timber structures to turn the ubiquitous pitched roofs of Paris into accessible green spaces.
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