Intensive park-style rooftop terrace at the Vivido residential complex in Cluj-Napoca

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The park-style green terrace landscaping of the Vivido residential complex in Cluj-Napoca is a clear example that modern real estate development can no longer ignore green spaces, especially in a city overwhelmed by traffic, concrete, and high density.

This is not about a few patches of lawn “checked off at handover,” but about a real park built above an underground parking garage, with all the technical complexity and challenges such a solution involves.

Building an intensive green roof over an underground garage is one of the most demanding forms of ecological construction. The challenges go far beyond load-bearing and drainage issues, focusing especially on planting large trees without compromising the waterproofing. The anchoring systems were carefully designed so that roots are guided and mechanically stabilized — without perforations, improvisations, or long-term risks.

In practice, each tree “stands” in a precisely calculated soil volume, with controlled drainage, aeration, and water retention, while being connected to a special D-Man anchoring system. This ensures that the tree’s center of gravity remains close to the level of the concrete slab waterproofed with a root-resistant material (bituminous “Plant E” membrane supplied by Bauder).

The result is a mature urban park that naturally connects the spaces between buildings and offers residents exactly what they need in Cluj: real greenery, shade, calm, and breathing space.

The fact that this project was understood and supported by the developer is no coincidence. Florin Mariș, CEO of Hexagon Group, understood one essential thing:

“In Cluj-Napoca, you can no longer build successful projects if green areas are treated as a secondary detail.”

Today, people are looking for homes that offer more than walls and parking spaces — they are looking for quality of life. Vivido proves that this is possible when greenery is taken seriously, engineered properly, and assumed responsibly from the very beginning.

Dear real estate developers,

An investment of €150,000 in a park-style green terrace can generate an additional €700,000–€800,000 in revenue when selling 100 apartments, as buyers are willing to pay an extra €7,000–€8,000 per unit to benefit from a coherent, mature park along with a secure parking space. The major advantage, however, is that residential projects rich in greenery sell more easily from the design phase, and construction financed by buyers is more profitable than bank-funded development.