Urban apartments · Roof amenity
Kingston Road, New Malden
Landscape proposals for 95 apartments over eight floors, including children’s play-on-the-way, communal roof terrace and kitchen gardens.
Project overview
Everyday amenity woven through a tall residential building
This state-of-the-art development at Kingston Road provides 95 apartments over eight floors, with the landscape brief focused on playful routes and usable roofspaces.
RIBA Stage 3 plans incorporated a ‘play on the way’ children’s space, communal roof terrace amenity and kitchen gardens, backed up by extensive green roofs.
Tags
Apartments Play on the way Roof terrace Kitchen gardens Green roofs
Project snapshot
- Client
- Developer client
- Location
- New Malden, London Borough of Kingston
- Scope
- RIBA Stage 3 landscape design for play, roof amenity and green roofs.
- Key elements
- Play on the way, communal roof terrace, kitchen gardens, extensive green roofs.
The challenge
Creating sociable, family-friendly tall living
Families and residents needed reasons to use shared spaces and routes, rather than treating them as purely functional circulation.
Amenity had to be distributed vertically to make best use of roof areas and limited ground-level space.
Outcomes
A playful, productive landscape across levels
The proposals encourage residents to meet, play and grow food throughout the building’s circulation and roof spaces.
Play on the way
Informal play elements are woven into everyday routes through the ground-level landscape.
Shared roof terrace
A communal roof garden offers social space with views across the surrounding context.
Kitchen gardens & green roofs
Edible planting and extensive roofs support biodiversity and resident wellbeing.