Elevate Your Designs: Strategies for Creating Rooftop Amenity Spaces
Earn 1 AIA HSW LU.
As rooftops evolve from utilitarian surfaces into vibrant outdoor living spaces, designers are increasingly tasked with integrating rooftop amenity decks that are functional, safe, and sustainable. This course explores the development of roof systems and their transition into elevated amenity spaces that support both occupant wellbeing and building performance.
Learning Objectives
- Explain the evolution of rooftop systems from traditional ballast applications to modern amenity decks and explain their growing role in architectural design.
- Identify the physical, mental, and social benefits that rooftop amenity spaces provide to occupants and owners, as well as their positive impacts on the environment.
- Identify the different systems available for roof top applications and explain how they are assembled to ensure properly constructed and safe to occupy roof deck surfaces.
- Evaluate and compare the different materials available for roof decks and be able to identify, based on specific project requirements, what the most appropriate material is for a design.
Mike Anderson
North American Commercial Business Manager
