Carnegie Mellon University collaboration between Advanced Environmental Sculpture course and 4th Year Architecture Studio to design and build a 1200 square foot house powered entirely by the sun, for the U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Decathlon Competition. The Greenscape is the landscape architectural component of the project, integrating the technological components of the solar house with the natural environment. Beyond its aesthetic value, it provides insulation, absorption and purification of rainwater, and a habitat for native life. The Greenscape is composed of organic growth with edible and native plants in modular units mounted on steel armatures, to literally extend the landscape up the wall onto the roof; encompassing one corner of the house. Other features include: a large rainwater retention tank with a drip irrigation system, custom roof scuppers channeling rain water to small bogs or ponds; one scupper with an octohose connection to irrigate the eight green roof modules on the kitchen; and a public art component viewed on the rear deck entitled, Global Gardens, raised planters that represent three different scenarios of the planet’s carbon footprint. The exhibition/competition of this project was a two-week event on the Washington D.C. Mall, October, 2007. After the competition the house was permanently installed at the Powdermill Nature Reserve, the biological field station of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History near Ligonier, PA.