This research project is a provocation that reimagines and retrofits the ubiquitous London terraced house, retaining the front elevations, insulating, double glazing and adding an upper extension made of cork as a ‘warm hat’. The Sustainable Terrace House also includes communal gardens, pedestrianised zones and new planting schemes to enhance community
Winner of Climate Resilience - The Pineapples Awards 2023
Climate change and the cost of living are two of the biggest challenges facing Londoners today. Plan Bee, initiated in 2018, has sought to address these issues together, improving access to shade, enhancing biodiversity and creating new community spaces where residents can grow and harvest their own food
Winner of Climate Resilience - The Pineapples Awards 2023
The Going Green report aims to reshape and reimagine Birmingham’s business district and reclaim it from the motor car, creating an environment that puts pedestrians and cyclists first and sustainability at its heart.
A key aim of this project is to tackle air and noise pollution, climate change, inactivity, diet and lack of access to green spaces
The Aquifer Partnership (TAP) partnered with Moulsecoomb Primary School to renovate a courtyard space into a beautiful, water-friendly, SuDS garden with emphasis on education and play opportunities. TAP was established to protect and improve the quality of groundwater in the Brighton Chalk Block as a valuable natural resource
Intended as a ‘green lung’ to promote health and wellbeing for new residents, Cults Burn Park sits within the first phase of the new community of Countesswells to the west of Aberdeen. One of four parks, the plantings already include a community orchard, 600 trees, 25,000 plants and 34 species of native wildflower
In 2022, Grosvenor developed a strategy with Greengage Environmental that sets evidence-based, measurable targets for the delivery of Biodiversity Net Gain across existing assets and future developments that go above and beyond compliance with emerging legislation. The strategy targets biodiversity uplifts on new and existing assets via Green Infrastructure retrofits, which the formal mandate will not cover