Last updated: October 2021
In 2014, students, instructors and representatives of an appropriate company built a "small green roof" on the balcony above the entrance to the Department of Architecture at the Bialystok University of Technology. The initiative was a part of the "Green City by nature" project - a nationwide educational campaign about nature-based urban solutions. It took only 5 hours to unfold the roll of grass and prepare the ground for all year thuja and vines [1,2].
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Nature on buildings (external)
- Green roofs
- Balcony greens
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
- Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
- Effective management
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Environmental education
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Knowledge creation and awareness raising
Project objectives
1) Participation in the "Green City by nature" nationwide project;
2) Green education;
3) Increase in attractiveness of the entrance to the department of architecture;
4) Students mobilisation [1].
Implementation activities
1) Planting tats, ivy, red barbers, boxwood and two thujas on the balcony and around the columns at the entrance to the university;
2) Unfolding grass from rolls on the balcony [1,2].
Main beneficiaries
- Researchers/University
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Researchers/university
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
- Dissemination of information and education
- Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
Students from Bialystok Technology University (from the science club 'Green Architecture'), together with professionals from the GCL company (green roof solutions), set up a green balcony above the entrance to the university. The plants were provided by the 'Municipal Greenery' ('Zieleń Miejska') [1,2].
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Yes
(The initiative was part of the "Green City by nature" ("Miasto zielone z natury") a nationwide information and education campaign, in which the Bialystok Polytechnic took part.(2)
)
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Unknown
Type of funding
- Unknown
Non-financial contribution
Type of non-financial contribution
- Provision of goods
- Provision of labour
- Provision of expertise
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
- Private sector (businesses, financial institution)
- Other
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Green space and habitat
- Promotion of naturalistic styles of landscape design for urban development
- Increased green space area
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Health and wellbeing
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Education
- Increased awareness of NBS and their benefits
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. Mikulicz, T., (2014), 'Białostocka Polytechnic. The green roof decorated the facade of the Department of Architecture' ('Ul. Wiejska: Politechnika Białostocka. Zielony dach ozdobił wydział architektury'), Source link (Accessed: 01 September 2020).
2.Onufryjuk,M., (2014), 'The department of architecture is green. On the roof' ('Wydział architektury się zazielenił. Na dachu'), Source link (Accessed: 01 September 2020).
2.Onufryjuk,M., (2014), 'The department of architecture is green. On the roof' ('Wydział architektury się zazielenił. Na dachu'), Source link (Accessed: 01 September 2020).