Grand Central Saint Lazare
Saint-Lazare herbal tea garden
The rooftop is a vast 800m2 urban field offering unique views over Paris. This creation, which is the work of Mugo gardeners, offers a wealth of good solutions to build the city of tomorrow. By mixing together the planting of a wide variety of flora, from edible plants to native varieties of flowers, rainwater management systems, beekeeping, the revegetation of roads and footpaths, Grand Central Saint-Lazare rooftops will enhance the urban biodiversity and reduce heat islands in a mineral district lacking of green spaces. They will also provide insects and birds with natural habitats at the heart of Paris. The rooftop will offer the future campus’s users a unique biophilic and sensory experience. Various types of aromatic plants and flowers, carefully selected for their healthy properties so they can be made into herbal teas, will be combined in order to create a diversity of colours and perfumes all year long. Anise, Agastache, chamomille, a range of mints and other essences contribute to the creation of an herbal tea micro production chain. All the phases of tea processing are executed on site embracing a circular and zero carbon approach thanks to the seedling greenhouse and the dehydrator. Whatever the season, the users will be able to enjoy the rooftop produce: the plan is to produce enough aromatic plants and flowers for 3,000 infused water and 6,000 herbal teas in the long run. A gardener-farmer from Mugo, is responsible for the production, the harvesting and the processing of the herbal teas. He will run educational workshops for the site collaborators in the greenhouse. Four wooden beehives, produced by Boisselerie Petite (Jura) and inhabited by Buckfast bees, will benefit from the pollen resources provided by the rooftop farm. A Mugo beekeeper will be in charge of looking after the beehive and running events. Several kg of honey will be harvested each year on the roof.
City: Paris
Year: 2019
Phase: delivered
Project ownership: The Carlyle Group + Union Investment
Architects: Jacques Ferrier Architecture
Area: 500 m2
Grand Central Saint Lazare
Saint-Lazare herbal tea garden
The rooftop is a vast 800m2 urban field offering unique views over Paris. This creation, which is the work of Mugo gardeners, offers a wealth of good solutions to build the city of tomorrow. By mixing together the planting of a wide variety of flora, from edible plants to native varieties of flowers, rainwater management systems, beekeeping, the revegetation of roads and footpaths, Grand Central Saint-Lazare rooftops will enhance the urban biodiversity and reduce heat islands in a mineral district lacking of green spaces. They will also provide insects and birds with natural habitats at the heart of Paris. The rooftop will offer the future campus’s users a unique biophilic and sensory experience. Various types of aromatic plants and flowers, carefully selected for their healthy properties so they can be made into herbal teas, will be combined in order to create a diversity of colours and perfumes all year long. Anise, Agastache, chamomille, a range of mints and other essences contribute to the creation of an herbal tea micro production chain. All the phases of tea processing are executed on site embracing a circular and zero carbon approach thanks to the seedling greenhouse and the dehydrator. Whatever the season, the users will be able to enjoy the rooftop produce: the plan is to produce enough aromatic plants and flowers for 3,000 infused water and 6,000 herbal teas in the long run. A gardener-farmer from Mugo, is responsible for the production, the harvesting and the processing of the herbal teas. He will run educational workshops for the site collaborators in the greenhouse. Four wooden beehives, produced by Boisselerie Petite (Jura) and inhabited by Buckfast bees, will benefit from the pollen resources provided by the rooftop farm. A Mugo beekeeper will be in charge of looking after the beehive and running events. Several kg of honey will be harvested each year on the roof.
Ville : Paris
Année : 2019
Phase : livré
Maîtrise d’ouvrage : The Carlyle Group + Union Investment
Architectes : Jacques Ferrier Architecture
Surface : 500 m2
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