CHAPTER 4.4
SUMMARY Roof gardens are essentially the future of green spaces with
retrospect to London’s current urbanisation crisis. As such,
existing roof gardens similar to the examples mentioned in
this chapter are inaugural for the future as they should set ex-
amples for the hereafter, so it is imperative that these roof gardens place biophilia at the forefront of the users’ experience.
All three examples successfully adopt biophilia in different
ways, for example in the case of the Stockwell Street building, nature is introduced both inside and outside the building to
inspire its students to get in touch with nature and utilise those
spaces for serenity and reflection.
Furthermore, the Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden
opens its doors to new volunteers to experience gardening
as a new hobby, and whilst partaking in this exercise they would become infatuated with the greenery. In favourable
cases, biophilia indirectly turns lives around and nature could
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