Green Roof Allianz – Trieste (TS)

We make it a point to integrate, enhance and maximize green spaces. Green areas improve the quality of work spaces, whether they are usable or not.

This is where our green space project fits in, in one of the most significant deep retrofitting (significant redevelopment) of a building complex in Trieste. 

Part of the 3,000-square-meter intervention is on a podium below which there are parking lots. The buildings surround our green roof. The unique features of our systems in this case are:

• Use of native species with low water consumption
• Mitigation of solar heat to benefit the rooms below
• Surfaces capable of mitigating the effects of extraordinary weather events

A second part of the intervention is on the main front facing Romolo Gessi Street. The purpose is to have a green space to be used for fairs, events and demonstrations. The green space that might suffer some minor damage from trampling would be easily restored with low-cost interventions.

The green space of about 2,600 square meters bordered by draining river cobblestones in the non-usable terraces is different. These areas feature a sown meadow of wild Mediterranean herbaceous species that form an expanse of flowers that alternate with the seasons. They serve as a backdrop to the offices on the upper floors that overlook the two internal courtyards.

Completing the intervention is the 6,000-square-meter area surrounding the company kindergarten in which medium-sized trees alternating with lower vegetation were planned.