When well-known cruise company Crystal wanted its newest addition to its River fleet to reflect the journey it would take along the Danube River, it turned to ANS Global for its green roof products.
Working with AD Associates, Crystal and ANS Global worked together on the designs and opted for a bespoke green roof terrace – the first of its kind amongst ANS Global’s customers.
Crystal Cruises’ vice president Alexandra Don oversaw ANS Global’s work and provided direction in developing and delivering Crystal’s vision of a living garden aboard, the first green roof terrace in the river cruise industry.
Works for the green roof terrace took only three days to complete – thanks to the modular design of ANS Grufekit green roof models. The roof is made up of multiple individual modules, each containing everything needed from a water reservoir and drainage layer to the soil and vegetation. The GrufeTiles clip together to make the system lightweight and simple to install.
For this project, Grufekit was used as the base of the roof terrace and then landscaping works took place to create the undulating surface.
ANS Global planted alpine species of plants such as erica, a low-growing, evergreen shrub with needle-like leaves and bell-shaped pink flowers and herbs such as Goldmoss stonecrop, a tufted perennial herb that forms mat-like stands with alternate, cylindrical leaves.
Originally a smaller riverboat, the vessel was stripped and then built back up to offer more spacious suites and offer a contemporary design. Now sailing as Crystal Mozart and at almost double the width, 154 passengers are able to enjoy the sights along the Danube River between Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Hungary.
