Green Garage
Chicago, Illinois
The owners of a dilapidated two-car garage needed to remove
the existing building and wanted to downsize.
The current garage took up too much of the yard needed
for organic gardening.
All project decisions are based on ecological and environmental
principles. This includes the construction and material selections
of the new garage as well as the disposal of the old.
The new one-car green garage consists of a roof deck with deep
planters for growing vegetables, and the green roof is planted
with sedum. Vines will grow up cables on the garage walls.
Water collection will occur with specific placement of rain
barrels and rain chains.
This green garage embodies a consciousness that MPink strives to
achieve in all of their projects.
