Glasshouse Gardens Public Realm

In London’s fastest growing area, this open green space welcomes the public to a new inner city residential development.

International Quarter London (IQL) is a mixed-use neighbourhood in Stratford, England’s most culturally-diverse district in the city’s fastest growing area - East London.

Home to the London Stadium and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford has been undergoing a renaissance since London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
As part of IQL, Glasshouse Gardens is a residential development with a new public realm to cater to local communities of residents and workers.

Our design for Glasshouse Gardens reflects significant consultation with the client and users. It responds to feedback that the place should be open, not ‘gated’ and includes a new community open space, called The Spark.

This small inner city park packs a punch. The local council wanted a multi-use games area for the site, so we went beyond the brief. We designed a tech-enabled ‘host space’ that functions for sports and other types of events, with an amphitheatre, wi-fi and pop up screens. These accessible, multifunctional spaces accommodate a full program of events, activities and play.

Glasshouse Gardens is one of the UK’s best new apartment developments to live in as rated by residents, according to The Times newspaper.

Overview

  • Project Name

    Glasshouse Gardens Public Realm

  • Location

    Stratford, UK

  • Category

    Public realm

  • Landscape Architect

    HASSELL

  • Client

    Lendlease

  • Brief

    Hassell was engaged to design and deliver the Glasshouse Gardens Public Realm located at the International Quarter London in Stratford, London. Lendlease’s vision for IQL had the objectives of viability / placemaking / healthy living / community and team working. They wanted to create a green heart for the development as well as a central gathering space. The major open space component is a recreational green space, overlooking the Olympic Stadium, The Orbit and The Aquatic Centre. The ambition was to create a: _HEART for the residential development _Central gathering space _Place to visit, stay, live and play with a strong identity and character (Lendlease) _Landscape embedded in place - engaging with the sites natural systems and processes. Our conceptual ideas seek to strengthen the unique sense of place, to draw out the intrinsic characteristics and qualities of the site and its context and build upon these _Welcoming, safe space of a civic scale that supports interaction _Landscape with a distinctive identity - developed with an understanding of brand to support and reinforce the project ambitions _Timeless, meaningful and sustainable interventions

Details

  • Project Team

    Hassell, We Made That, Allies and Morrison, Applied Landscape Design, Buro Happold

  • Year Completed

    2017

  • Project Size

    1 hectare

  • Additional Information

    Imagery by Max Creasy

  • HASSELL

    Registered Practice - (1 - 2 Employees)
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  • Approximate Map Location

    Location

    Stratford, UK

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