Ford Dearborn Truck Plant Green Roof

In 1999 architect william mcdonough entered into an agreement with ford motor company to redesign its 85 year old 1 212 acre 490 ha rouge river facility.

Ford dearborn truck plant green roof. Five years ago ford called in acclaimed eco architect bill mcdonough to help with the redesign of their rouge plant in dearborn which now makes the f150 pick up truck. Facts about ford s truck plant green roof rouge facility in dearborn michigan by dr. A key element in the project s innovative landscaped system for stormwater management the ford dearborn truck plant s green roof is 454 000 square feet. This makes it the largest green roof on a single building in north america and one of the five largest in the world.

On april 14 ford plans to start building vehicles at. Open ford f 150 originally called dearborn assembly plant until production changed over from mustang to f 150 in my2005. First decided to install the green roof on the dearborn truck plant nearly two decades ago after taking a meeting with a man called william mcdonough. Ford duratec 23 river rouge plant dearborn stamping.

Of all the innovations coming out of the revitalization of the ford rouge center nothing has attracted more interest than the living roof now growing on top of the new dearborn truck plant final assembly building. Exploded 3d of xf301 sedum standard lightweight low maintenance system that does not require loose growing medium. Canada reopened 2009 820. At the time green roofs were virtually unknown in north america.

The roof of the 1 1 million square foot 100 000 m 2 dearborn truck assembly plant was covered with more than 10 acres 4 0 ha of sedum a low growing groundcover the sedum retains and cleanses rainwater and moderates the internal. Ford plans to resume production at it s hermosillo assembly plant on april 6 with one shift galhotra said. The result is a factory. Below left is a photo from the 1930 s of what the plant used to look like compared to the plant in july 2004 right.

Open 1 780 ford f 150 ford super duty f na dearborn truck.