LIVING AND PLAYING DESIGN SOLUTION

Living and Playing means experience.

Today, consumers are no longer just looking to run errands. Necessities can be purchased online with the click of a button, it is no longer enough to shop. to resurrect and create a thriving commercial areas, it must offer more, it must offer an experience. Living and Playing in Athens offers all of that and more without sacrificing any of what was offered by the original Georgia Square Mall.

Rather than only directing rain water runoff directly into the the public stormwater system, water is directed under sidewalks and into rain garden areas that allows the water to percolate into the ground naturally, also cutting down on the total impervious surfaces on the site.

Not only are rooftop gardens an efficient use of the surface area, but they can also be used as green space, bar/restaurant, or even other commercial and residential uses. Using a rooftop as green space has many advantages regarding the sustainability and the economics of the site. Green roofs cut down on an excess of impervious surface that causes exessive run off as well as absorb heat that has the potential to increase the energy use of the building.