Olympic Village
Millennium Water Project
Southeast False Creek, Vancouver, B.C.
56,000 square feet
Completed in November 2009
The green rooftops of the Millennium Water Project, aka Olympic Village, are the most visible testament to the eco-friendliest Games in history. Since the 2010 Games, the Olympic Village has been transformed into a sustainable urban community, including residential, retail, commercial and public space.
56,000 square feet of its rooftops are covered with the XF301 sedum & moss blanket requiring little or no irrigation and minimal maintenance. These blanket systems are cultivated at ground level, then rolled and transported to the rooftop as a complete system on pallets or by crane. Depending on the time of year, the sedums will flower yellow, white, pink, purple and red.
The aerial views of the rooftops of the Olympic Village reveal shapes showing motifs of Olympic iconic athletic figures such as a hockey player, curler, skier, luger, etc.
A solar photovoltaic system was incorporated with the XF301 green roof system on one of the 19 buildings. By keeping the ambient temperature cooler, the XF301 system helps enhance the overall performance of Photovoltaic system.
“Each garden is quite a wonderful place,” says Peter Kreuk, Durante Kreuk landscape architects. “The team added visual interest to the plantings by arranging them into giant motifs of Olympic athletes. These will remain as a legacy of the neighbourhood’s role as the Olympic Village.“
