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Bell Museum of Natural History

Project Name: Bell Museum of Natural History
Year: Current
Owner: University of Minnesota
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Building Type: Educational
Type: Semi-Intensive
System: Single Source Provider
Size: 20000 sq.ft.
Slope: 1%
Access: Accessible, Open to Public
Submitted by: Corrie Zoll, Minneapolis Green Roofs Council

Designers/Manufacturers of Record:
Architects: Thorbeck Architects, ESG Architects
Landscape Architect: The Kestrel Design Group, Inc.

Expected to be completed in 2009, the goals for the Bell Museum of Natural History site master planning, designed by The Kestrel Design Group, Inc., include creating a museum that will:

? Integrate outdoor and indoor experiences
? Connect people and cultures to Minnesota?s diverse ecological biomes
? Combine learning styles of art, science, and nature centers
? Encourage discovery and repeat visitation
? Demonstrate sustainable, eco-friendly and high performance design

The green roof will provide an example of a Minnesota bedrock bluff prairie community and help maximize the above goals.

The Bell Museum of Natural History expects to provide the following benefits: education; outdoor museum space; reduced building energy; stormwater benefits;
extended roof lifespan.

The plant list inlcudes locally native Bedrock Bluff prairie plants in a varied depth growing medium.

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See the project in the Minneapolis Green Roof Council's Green Roof Database here. For more info on this project, contact: reception@tkdg.net.

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