Le Méridien Hotel & Convention Centre, Oran

Roof garden with palm trees and a curved wooden bridge leading over a water basin
project profile data
Area: ca. 4,500 m²
Construction year: 2009/2010
Architect/Design: IAC Arquitectura, Castellón Plana
Contractor: Jardinería Villanueva, S.L., Valencia
System build-up: “Roof Garden” with Floradrain® FD 60
Project report
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A new spectacular building complex consisting of a convention centre and a 5-star hotel was built on the northwestern Mediterranean coast of Algeria. To make it possible to establish an impressive park in the areas with no connection to natural ground, that is to say on the roof of the underground garage, the right structural conditions had to be provided. The high load bearing capacity of the garage roof allowed realizing the desired intensive green roof, which can even be driven on partly. The planting areas were realized with the ZinCo system build-up “Roof Garden”, including a fully automatic drip irrigation system. To secure the 6–8 m tall palm trees against wind uplift huge reinforcement steel meshes have been embedded within the substrate to anchor the large root balls of the trees.

  • Park with palm trees and water basin
    To secure the tall palm trees against wind uplift huge reinforcement steel meshes have been embedded within the substrate.
  • Entrance into the underground garage
    The park can even be driven on partly.