ECOTOPIA 2121 - The Future of Roofscapes in London

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CHAPTER 4.1

CASE STUDY 4: UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH STOCKWELL STREET BUILDING The campus building is an example of successful biophilic architecture incorporated with intensive living roofs designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, and houses the central university

library along with the Architecture, Landscape and Arts de-

partments. Blahut from the RIBA describes how the building

stepping down at the rear will allow “experimental allotments

on the [landscaped] roofs… providing externally a series of

generous terraces for the landscapers to experiment with a wide variety of layouts and species”69. Architecture students

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