Quayside
Lofts, Newcastle
Designed by Conran and Partners, on a steep hillside site
in Newcastle, the Quayside Lofts development
incorporated an underground carpark above which is a
landscaped roof garden forming a 'courtyard' between two
residential blocks.
Munro Associates were commissioned to design all the
external soft landscaping on this challenging site. This
included planting on the steep slopes beside the Tuthill
Stairs and an 'intensive green roof' garden above the
underground carparking. To reduce the weight on the carpark
roof and also provide visual interest by creating a slight
slope, EPS ballast was placed under the soil/growing medium
and trees and large bushes were introduced along with
smaller flowering plants to create year round interest.
Birdseye
view of intensive green roof just after
planting
View
of the roof garden several years after planting showing
the
establishment of the trees and plants