Cultivating the ideal setting to promote in-building ecosystems, roof gardens are integral options to reduce heat absorption of buildings and improve the quality of air in the city.
In 2001, new buildings in Tokyo covering more than 1,000 square meters per area were required to green at least 20 percent of their useable roof space to combat the “heat island” effect. The enlightened policy was widely praised by urban planners at the time, but it was hardly an original idea—the Hanging Gardens of Babylon built over 2500 years ago, for example, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, engineered an unforgettable, ascending tier of gardens populated with all kinds of trees, shrubs and vines.
Urban roof gardens, we now know, have proven environment, economic and emotional benefits. More and more developers and landowners in the city are joining the green movement to help save our earth’s depleting resources.
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For their in-building ecosystems, Rockwell Center and Greenbelt 5 in Makati, The Medical City in Pasig, the Mind Museum in Taguig, and the Sarossa Hotel in Cebu City all use the European-designed Daku roof garden engineering system. The Medical City in Pasig has multiple roof levels incorporating the gardens, where patients even use to stroll and enjoy the view.
Daku is exclusively installed by Specialty Contracts & General Construction Services Inc. (Specserv), a pioneering Filipino company, handpicked by distributors and consumers alike for its extensive knowledge on waterproofing for the past three decades.
