We make green spaces
on the roofs of Paris

Introduction

Roofscapes is committed to improving urban resilience and adapt the existing building fabric to the pressing challenges of the 21st century. We pledge to develop inventive solutions to help our cities fight urban densification, raising temperatures and widespread biodiversity loss; at scale.
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Roofscapes deploys accessible wooden platforms to vegetalize dense urban centers' roofs. For cities like Paris dealing with 65% of pitched and unusable roofs, Roofscapes offers a pivotal alternative allowing the city and its inhabitants to dream bigger and greener!
Future climate simulation of Paris' temperatures in 2050


In collaboration with the MIT Sustainable Design Lab

Introduction

Roofscapes is committed to improving urban resilience and adapt the existing building fabric to the pressing challenges of the 21st century. We pledge to develop inventive solutions to help our cities fight urban densification, raising temperatures and widespread biodiversity loss; at scale.
‍
Roofscapes deploys accessible wooden platforms to vegetalize dense urban centers' roofs. For cities like Paris dealing with 65% of pitched and unusable roofs, Roofscapes offers a pivotal alternative allowing the city and its inhabitants to dream bigger and greener!
Future climate simulation of Paris' temperatures in 2050

In collaboration with the MIT Sustainable Design Lab

Products

Concept

Combining expertise in sustainable design, structural optimization and real-estate development, we have developed a mass-customized, reversible, wooden platform, shifting the paradigm around urban renovation and climatic resilience.

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Thermal

Covering the zinc roofs with high albedo materials such as wood and greenery reduces the solar radiation absorbed by the building, preventing summer overheat in the city, and passively combat the adverse effects of the heat island effect.

Fabrication

Manufactured in France in sustainably sourced wood, our prefabricated designs are customizable, supports local craftsmanship and carpentry expertise, and ensure a reduced on-site construction time.
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Agriculture

Opening up the roofs for local food production takes advantage of underutilized urban spaces, raises inhabitants climatic awareness, and opens new avenues for responsible and decarbonized food consumption.
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Climate

Creating pockets of greenery in the city allows to locally and passively filter air pollution, prevent sewage water overflow and above all fight widespread urban biodiversity loss.
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Preservation

Allowing the city to temporarily and reversibly increase its climatic resilience to adapt to the challenges of the 21st century allows Roofscapes to protect the heritage of Paris historic zinc roofs while preventing their full-replacement.
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Products

Concept

Combining expertise in sustainable design, structural optimization and real-estate development, we have developed a mass-customized, reversible, wooden platform, shifting the paradigm around urban renovation and climatic resilience.
‍
press here!

Thermal

Covering the zinc roofs with high albedo materials such as wood and greenery reduces the solar radiation absorbed by the building, preventing summer overheat in the city, and passively combat the adverse effects of the heat island effect.

Fabrication

Manufactured in France in sustainably sourced wood, our prefabricated designs are customizable, supports local craftsmanship and carpentry expertise, and ensure a reduced on-site construction time.
‍
‍

Agriculture

Opening up the roofs for local food production takes advantage of underutilized urban spaces, raises inhabitants climatic awareness, and opens new avenues for responsible and decarbonized food consumption.
‍

Climate

Creating pockets of greenery in the city allows to locally and passively filter air pollution, prevent sewage water overflow and above all fight widespread urban biodiversity loss.
‍
‍

Preservation

Allowing the city to temporarily and reversibly increase its climatic resilience to adapt to the challenges of the 21st century allows Roofscapes to protect the heritage of Paris historic zinc roofs while preventing their full-replacement.

Benefits

Climate resilience

We participate in the city’s passive cooling, air filtering, water retention, decarbonized food production and restoration of urban biodiversity.

Tactical renovation

We offer a tactical, lightweight and reversible solution to building renovation, at the crossing of historic preservation and urban resilience.

Outdoor access

We provide a city-wide opportinuty for outdoor recreation, fighting the adverse effects of urban densification and offering local access to socially distant outdoor spaces.

Benefits

Climate resilience

We participate in the city’s passive cooling, air filtering, water retention, decarbonized food production and restoration of urban biodiversity.

Tactical renovation

We offer a tactical, lightweight and reversible solution to building renovation, at the crossing of historic preservation and urban resilience.

Outdoor access

We provide a city-wide opportinuty for outdoor recreation, fighting the adverse effects of urban densification and offering local access to socially distant outdoor spaces.

Supports

MIT Rabobank Food and Agribusiness

MIT PKG Social Innovation Challenge

MIT School of Architecture and Planning

Institut d'Information Géographique National

JWAFS Abdul Jameel Latif Food & Water Lab

Ministere de la Transition Ecologique et Solidaire

MIT Design X Venture Accelerator

Urban Lab Paris & Co Laboratoire d'innovation

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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