GARDENS

During a Question Time interview in 2016, then-Mayor of London Boris Johnson responded to claims relating to a threat in the loss of green spaces in London. Johnson claims that paradoxically, London has more green spaces than any other European city, so we should instead focus on how we can “improve and upgrade our [existing] green spaces by investing in parks, in planting trees and generally improving the amenities and quality of life of Londoners”1. Johnson also argues that when there is a small loss of green space to building development, they are restored in another area such as the case study into Daubeney Gardens in Chapter 3. Even so, this ‘masterplan’ would only be valid for the next decade, if not for the next five years, however does not challenge the future in 100 years’ time.

URBAN COMMON SPACES THROUGH ROOF GARDENS

London is facing an unprecedented rise in concerns for urban common spaces to be built permanently as areas for improving one’s mental health and physical wellbeing. According to SciELO, Alves d.S Junior stated that urban common spaces within a city often takes the form of either a “public space, space produced by the state, space appropriated by groups or collectives, or spaces for political action”2. Public common spaces alone range from arcades, food markets, parks to so-

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