河之光 伦敦, 英国

Working closely with project architects, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Gillespies has developed a landscape scheme that addresses the need of this new residential community as well as compliments the wider Nine Elms Masterplan. The site forms part of an area of South London that is undergoing a radical transformation with a series of developer lead initiatives that will collectively form a vibrant quarter in which to live, work and play.

The public areas are treated as a revealed river bed with a series of soft, pebble-like forms, while the private courtyards form calm green spaces with heavy tree planting and water gardens. The newly created river walk — slightly raised to allow views over the river wall to the Thames — brings
a 17m-wide boulevard to a previously underused part of the waterfront.