After a year of development and data collection (read about the launch of the project here), the Museum recently finished the first phase of the Green Roof Demonstration Project, an exhibit and research piece for the new Museum. Temperature data from the last year has helped the new Museum’s engineering teams better understand how these kinds of roofs work in Miami’s unique climate.

The second phase of the project got kicked off this month with FIU students and architecture professor David Rifkind, who helped replant the roofs with a fresh batch of native plants. The new plantings correspond to the most recent designs by ArquitectonicaGeo, the Miami-based landscape architecture firm working on the new museum’s green roof. Meanwhile, here at the current Museum, the roofs will continue to serve as a one-of-a-kind exhibit, so stop by and check them out!