Baltimore number 6????

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Auf wiedersehen youth hostel Stuttgart

Here's a parting photo of the charming little hostel greenroof.
If you squint, you can see dozens of bees hovering over the yellow flowers :)
I am off to travel around for a week or so..

Brownroofs?

Here's a cool concept from the conference presented by Graham Wiseman of Skidmore Owings and Merrill. Brownroofs are basically trying to achieve a vacant lot effect on rooftops (are you reading this yvette?) As far as I can tell, roofs are installed, and instead of planting them, designers let "nature" take over.

International Greenroof Congress Nuertingen 2009

This conference is useful. I learned, for example, that the english version of the fll guidelines should be downloadable by june. My favorite talk of the day was by Emilio Ambasz. Here's a picture; you may recognize the design in the background.

Youth Hostel Stuttgart

This 'youth' hostel is where I begin my blog with a visit to germany for the greenroof conference and an internship.

This place is dreamy:
Jugendherberge Stuttgart International
Haußmannstr. 27
70188 Stuttgart
Deutschland

Tel. +49-711-6647470
Fax. +49-711-66474710
info@jugendherberge-stuttgart.de