Perez Art Museum in Miami

The Perez Art Museum is located on Miami, the United States. According to the ArquitectonicaGEO (2015), ‘elevating the Museum 10 feet above storm surge requirements allowed parking below the Museum in an unprecedented design that integrates parking, planting beds, irrigation and storm surge storage’. The project set up rain gardens, the innovative porous-floored paths and garage, which could collect water and reduce infrastructure expenditures.  The first picture shows the appearance of Perez Art Museum.

The sustainability features of Perez Art Museum include water collection system, ecosystem and rain garden. The water source of water collection system cover seawater, rainwater, condensate water. The water collection system also could reduce the flood problem. The Perez Art Museum have more than 64,000 vegetation species, which could constitute landscape, stabilize soil and absorb excess water. The second pictures show the rich plant species diversity.

 

The green infrastructure of Perez Art Museum has the multi-level landscape. The green infrastructure covers three levels, which include the Museum entrance deck, the hanging gardens and ground & parking level. The final pictures show the different levels of Perez Art Museum.

Reference:  ArquitectonicaGEO 2015, 'Perez Art Museum in Miami', <http://arquitectonica.com/geo/>.