Roofscapes is a start-up launched at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning in Boston in 2020. The company was founded with the mission of transforming unused rooftops into green, accessible spaces to mitigate the effects of climate change and provide new outdoor spaces in cities. Roofscapes was incubated at MIT DesignX, where it received first prize in 2020.
After winning the Renov'Action Hackathon organised by the French Ministry for Ecological and Solidarity Transition, Roofscapes joined Urban Lab, the City of Paris' urban innovation laboratory, as well as Perqo, the Île-de-France Region's impact incubator. Roofscapes was also selected in the Paris Innovation Résilience call for projects to support the implementation of a pilot project on the roof of the Académie du Climat in Paris.
Roofscapes is currently working on climate adaptation projects in the Île-de-France region for private individuals, local authorities and property owners, and is leading initiatives in other urban centres as part of the European research programs Multiroofs (supported by the Interreg North-West Europe programme) and aRTes (supported by the Driving Urban Transition programme).
The founding architects met in 2014 when they began their architecture studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). After continuing their studies at ETH Zurich and the University of Tokyo, they worked in architectural firms such as Junya Ishigami in Tokyo, Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, COBE in Copenhagen and Rahul Mehrotra in Mumbai. They decided to continue their training in sustainable urban transition together at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, between the Department of Architecture and the chairs of Building Technology and Real Estate Development.
Our friends
Roofscapes is eternally thankful to everyone who has worked with us over the years!
Mathéo Morin, Arch. ENSAPB
Sungmoon Lim, MCP. MIT
Camille Chaigne, BCom. ENC Nantes
Pierre Rioux, MArch. ENSAV
Wesley Sely, MArch. ENSAV
Elvire Landon, BSc. PSL
Anouk Fontaine, MEng. MIT
Kenza Castel, MDes. École Brassart
Vijay Rajkumar, MArch. MIT
Volodymyr Vustyansky, MSc Arch. CGI Artist
Ahmadou Diouf, Mark. Evocime
Louis de Saint-Affrique, MSc Arch. TU Delft
Clara Copiglia, MArch. ETHZ
Daisy Ziyan Zhang, MArch. MIT
Dohyun Lee, MSc Arch. Seoul NU
BumSoo Cho, MSc Arch. Seoul NU
Dana Mielke, MCom. HEC Paris
Latifa Alkhayat, MArch. MIT
Nina Hutteman, BSc Arch. MIT
Izzi Waitz, BSc Arch. MIT
Eva Then, MSCS & MCP. MIT
Jonathon Brearley, MArch. MIT
Caroline Rosenzweig, MSc Arch. TU Delft