This City Turned Its Rooftops into a Climate Shield

This City Turned Its Rooftops into a Climate Shield

From the top of Zürichberg hill, the panorama reveals a city wrapped by lake and forest but insulated in a basin where heat collects. On hot summer days, the center of Zürich, Switzerland’s largest city, warms like a bowl, with street surfaces radiating heat well into the night, amplifying the growing pressures of climate change.  Yet this vantage point also reveals a solution: A patchwork of green roofs softens the cityscape. The post This City…