The Heerlen Rooftop Project Phase 2 - Op je dak

Heerlen Rooftop Project 2022

Under the motto On your roof! SCHUNCK organises The Heerlen Rooftop Project on the roof of parking garage Putgraaf in the summer of 2022. The grey parking deck is temporarily transformed into a small-scale urban farming garden, where scent, colour and taste play an important role. Various herbs, vegetables and edible flowers will stimulate visitors' senses at this pleasant meeting and recreation spot. The garden is divided into green rooms that encourage biodiversity and bring nature into the city. The architectural collective Selvatico, one of the winners of the ideas competition (2019), created the design.

Together with volunteers, neighbourhood associations from Heerlen decorated the garden in stages. The first stage involved mostly carpentry, followed by planting in two rounds. In this way, the garden slowly took shape. The final opening of the roof garden and thus the start of the festival took place on 30 June. The event is accompanied by a small-scale cultural programme, including yoga sessions and guided tours. 

The roof garden is located on the 7th floor of Q-Park Putgraaf and can be reached via the entrance on Plaarstraat. The roof garden is within walking distance of the Glass Palace:

Project partners & support

Initiator & organiser
SCHUNCK

Design roof garden Putgraaf
Selvatico, Amsterdam

Project partners
Q-Park
VOC real estate
IBA Parkstad Limburg

Supporters
The Gardener
Heerlen city garden
Citizens of Heerlen (region)
Relim Foundation