Visit to the Living Roof Terrace of the Museu de la Ciència
On-site with limited capacity
The Museu de les Ciències Naturals de Barcelona is supplementing its discourse with the construction of a 7,100 m² wild green roof. An experimental space for discovering the species best suited to sustainable roofs and roof terraces in the city, organised into three meadows and three wild freshwater lagoons adapted to the Mediterranean climate.
Creating the Living Roof Terrace involved the building's original roof being conditioned and made impermeable – conceived originally as a large extension of water – and is part of the city’s strategy for increasing urban greenery because Barcelona is a dense, compact city with a shortage of green spaces. Increasing the number of green roofs in Barcelona will help to increase the quality of life of its residents and make the city more habitable, healthy, sustainable, self-sufficient and resilient.