Dimitrios Grozopoulos highly commended in London National Park City competition

We are delighted to announce that Dimitrios Grozopoulos, an assistant landscape architect at Gillespies, was one of three runners-up in an international ideas contest to transform London into a ‘National Park City’. 

Dimitrios was selected from over 50 entries consisting of artists, designers and architects from across the globe that were invited to imagine and visualise what a future London National Park City could look like in a design challenge set by the newly established National Park City Foundation. 

He developed the ‘Blue Line’, a strategic proposal for Nine Elms that could be scaled up to the wider city of London, using existing railway infrastructure. Through small and medium scale interventions and the concept of 'urban acupuncture', the proposal seeks to improve water management and enhance biodiversity. Taking into consideration the historical context, local heritage and environmental necessity, the 'Blue line' invites the local community to engage with and celebrate water in the public realm through a series of pocket parks with water as a joining artery.

The judging panel included author and journalist Will Self, Andrew Grant (Grant Associates), Gemma Ginty (Future Cities Catapult), Alison Prendiville (London College of Communication), Steve Head (Wildlife Gardening Forum), Pat Fitzsimons (Thames Estuary Partnership), Ben Smith (AECOM), Judy Ling Wong (Black Environment Network) and Melissa Sterry (Bionic City).