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The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) in Winnipeg, Manitoba will serve as a monument and teaching centre, celebrating achievements in human rights. Antoine Predock’s bold concept marries inspiration from the Manitoba landscape with cutting edge materials and sustainable building techniques to create a truly visionary structure that speaks to the journey from darkness and imprisonment to light and hope. This LEED Silver certified building is expected to help revitalize Winnipeg’s downtown core, providing the equivalent of 6,000 full time jobs and bringing in tourists, students and scholars for decades to come. For a building that’s going to express the aspirations of a nation and the spirit of a community, only the best materials will do. That’s why Smith Carter Architects and Engineers turned to Bioroof Systems to provide the components for Scatliff, Miller and Murray’s green roof design - a design intended to reflect the prairies that the city was built on.

Bioroof Systems is Canadian owned and operated and is a pioneer in the design of green roofs as ‘urban prairies’ - using native North American plant species and looking to North American biomes for inspiration. Having worked with Bioroof Systems on the precedent setting Manitoba Hydro Place project, Smith Carter Architects and building contractors PCL Construction both knew Bioroof could find creative and practical ways to address the steep slope the green roof would have to be built on. The installation of the roof components will be handled by certified Bioroof installers, Flynn Canada Ltd.

“At Bioroof, we have a history of working on iconic Canadian green roofs,” said Bioroof president Rick Buist, “roofs like the Canadian War Museum, Winnipeg Hydro Place, The Native Child and Family Services Center, and Dr. David Suzuki Public School. Over and over again designers trust us with roofs that present design challenges and demand high performance solutions, not just a ‘green wash’. We’re proud to be the suppliers that people come to when they’ve got a green roof that really matters.”

About Bioroof:

Established in 2006, Bioroof Systems Inc. is a Canadian green roof systems manufacturer. Backed by over 25 years of horticultural expertise and 13 years of green roof systems expertise, Bioroof’s systems are designed for quality and performance and go above and beyond the standard green roof. Bioroof offers a range of solutions to fit all your needs: high performance, easy-to-install, or low maintenance green roofs. This complete line of green roof systems achieve remarkable storm water retention results and support the habitat required for wildlife and pollinators, while still reducing urban heat island effect and energy consumption. Bioroof is a truly North American solution for the green roof marketplace, carrying the ideals of a robust environmental philosophy throughout our green roof solution.

Media Contact

Rick Buist
President, Bioroof Systems Inc
rick@bioroof.com
1-866-377-5177 phone / 1866-377-7877 fax