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Roof Gardens / Living Wall Installations - Residential Roof Garden or Podium Landscaping - Under £250k
Specialist niche market which includes the more traditional Roof Gardens and the emerging market of Green Roof installations.
BOWLES & WYER
PRINCIPAL AWard WINNER 2020
CENTRAL LONDON ROOF GARDEN
This private roof garden forms part of a high-end residential development in Central London. The client’s aim was to create an attractive foreground to the panoramic city views beyond, as well as an inviting space in which to relax and entertain guests. Designers Lucy Willcox and Ana Sanchez-Martin created an innovative scheme, based around a structural ribbon flowing through the space forming seating, a breakfast bar and a screen.
The ribbon also integrates planters and a green wall, finished with lighting and an artificial lawn. Working with the designers, the contractor had to re-work the design considerably in order to meet the very low-level loading requirements. Access was also a major challenge. Unable to go through the building, and with surrounding narrow streets, the contractor had to use a mobile tower crane, leaving just 300mm of space between other buildings and glass balconies. Due to restrictions only one lift was permitted. Throughout the project, exceptional attention to detail was crucial. Construction brought further challenges, including installing a free-standing green wall without fixing it to the building structure, and laying a new drainage system for the artificial lawn. The contractor also undertook the lighting, irrigation and planting.
J. PALMER (LANDSCAPES)
Award WINNER 2020
LEODIS SQUARE, SWEET STREET, LEEDS
GARDEN CLUB LONDON