Katrin Scholz-Barth
Lecturer in Landscape Architecture
Department of Landscape Architecture
Katrin Scholz-Barth is a nationally recognized expert in Green Roof technology. Her book Merging Landscape and Architecture: The Guide to Green Roof Construction, coauthored with Susan Weiler, is scheduled for publication by Wiley and Sons in Spring 2007. Ms. Scholz-Barth is trained in masonry and bricklaying and received her Masters of Science in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Rostock, Germany in 1992. Her work demonstrates that Green Roofs are an integral and functional building element and a cost effective measure for stormwater control and pollution prevention in urban areas. Ms. Scholz-Barth teaches the first full course on green roofs from design to specification and installation at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She taught "Ecological Landscape Design for Watershed Protection" for six years at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Prior to starting her own business, she was Director of Sustainable Design for the HOK Planning Group, a business unit of Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum (HOK). Ms. Scholz-Barth practiced civil and environmental engineering in Minneapolis, Minnesota for seven years, where she gained design expertise in constructed wetlands and in bio-remediation. Ms. Scholz-Barth's services range from conducting green roof design charrettes to construction administration. Noticeable projects include the O'Hare Airport in Chicago, the National Institute of Health, the World Bank headquarter office, Johns Hopkins University, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in Charlotte, NC and Queens Botanical Garden in New York.