Adjacent to the south side of the Kauffman Center is the city-owned and operated Arts District garage.
The $47 million project was paid for in bonds.
It provides covered parking for Kauffman Center attendees, with entrances on 17th Street and Wyandotte Street.
The Arts District garage also has special spaces reserved for electric cars, complete with a car-charging station.
The roof of the garage doubles as the landscaping for the Kauffman Center.
It required 300,000 pieces of high-density foam, 3,000 tons of sand mixture, and 100,000 square feet of sod.
The eco-friendly green roof was designed and constructed by local landscape architect Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company.
Construction projects typically disrupt the natural ecosystem of green spaces, so Bruce and his team worked to re-establish the sustainability of the new front lawn, which consists of fescue and Reveille, a low-water-use grass.
In addition to making the front of the Kauffman Center more attractive and providing an area for outdoor events, the garage's green roof reduces the destructive heat inherent to more traditional paved lots.
Adjacent to the south side of the Kauffman Center is the city-owned and operated Arts District garage. The $47 million project was paid for in bonds. It provides covered parking for Kauffman Center attendees, with entrances on 17th Street and Wyandotte Street. The Arts District garage also has special spaces reserved for electric cars, complete with a car-charging station. The roof of the garage doubles as the landscaping for the Kauffman Center. It required 300,000 pieces of high-density foam, 3,000 tons of sand mixture, and 100,000 square feet of sod. The eco-friendly green roof was designed and constructed by local landscape architect Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company. Construction projects typically disrupt the natural ecosystem of green spaces, so Bruce and his team worked to re-establish the sustainability of the new front lawn, which consists of fescue and Reveille, a low-water-use grass. In addition to making the front of the Kauffman Center more attractive and providing an area for outdoor events, the garage's green roof reduces the destructive heat inherent to more traditional paved lots.
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts