Urban intensification · Vertical landscape
26 Park Royal, London NW10
Landscape proposals for a 9-storey mixed-use development with multi-level green walls and extensive green roofs.
Project overview
Bringing vertical greening to a dense urban mixed-use site
26 Park Royal is a 9 storey mixed-use development where the landscape brief focused less on ground plane open space and more on vertical and rooftop greening.
RIBA Stage 3 plans explored how multi-level green walls and roofs could soften the built form, improve microclimate and contribute to urban greening targets within a tight urban footprint.
Tags
Urban Green walls Green roofs RIBA Stage 3 Mixed-use
Project snapshot
- Client
- Developer client
- Location
- Park Royal, London NW10
- Scope
- RIBA Stage 3 landscape proposals focusing on vertical and rooftop greening.
- Key elements
- Multi-level green walls, green roofs, limited ground-level planting and access.
The challenge
Delivering meaningful landscape in a constrained footprint
The site offered very little opportunity for traditional ground-level open space due to the intensity of development and access requirements.
Landscape value therefore had to be delivered through facades and roofscapes while meeting maintenance and technical constraints.
Outcomes
A landscape strategy that climbs the building
The proposals helped articulate how biodiversity, visual softness and microclimate benefits could be achieved predominantly through vertical and rooftop greening.
Multi-level green walls
Four-storey green walls provide visual relief and habitat within a hard urban context.
Productive roofscapes
Extensive and intensive roofs provide planting, potential amenity and rainwater benefits.
Support for policy targets
Vertical greening contributes to urban greening and environmental performance requirements.