Via Verde | The Green Way - Project of the Week 4/7/14

Situated in the heart of the South Bronx, the multi-award winning Via Verde -- The Green Way, is a model of green living at its best with a 66 kW building-integrated photovoltaic system, onsite cogeneration, rainwater harvesting, community vegetable gardens, green roofs and much more. Designed by Dattner Architects and Grimshaw Architects, financing for this $98 million project from owner/developer Jonathan Rose Companies / Phipps Houses was the result of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomsburg's multiple tax bond and subsidy initiatives which allowed those with a lower income to qualify for residential eligibility.
With an extraordinarily high incidence of asthma in the Bronx, along with prevailing obesity, partially because of limited access to fresh produce in poor neighborhoods, Via Verde was conceived to solve such health concerns. Lending a unique identity to the LEED NC Gold certified development, a series of green roofs designed by Lee Weintraub Landscape Architects serves as the organizing architectural element, stepping up from three-story townhouses at the southern end of the site to a 20-story tower at the north. Utilizing Garden Roof® Assemblies from American Hydrotech, greenroof contractor Nations Roof East exercised great care with Via Verde's working heights which soar some twenty stories above ground level. The variety of plants used within the many Via Verde roof levels includes succulents; sod grass lawns; perennial and annual flowers; diverse vegetables such as kale and tomatoes; fruit such as raspberries and blueberries; shrubs; and even small apple and fir trees, the latter of which are decorated during the festive Christmas holidays.
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