Robert Bray
Associates has won the 2017 Landscape Institute President’s Award for their
work on the Bridget Joyce Square Community Rainpark project.
Making the
announcement at the LI Awards ceremony at the Brewery in London on November 23,
President Merrick Denton-Thompson praised the practice’s ‘exemplary approach to
partnership working’.
The project is a
community-driven scheme that sits between a school and two playgrounds in White
City, West London. Previous road and parking facilities at the site made school
pick-up and drop-off difficult, and caused crossing hazards for children. In addition,
due to its location within the famously capacity-exceeding Counters Creek sewer
catchment, the road was highly susceptible to surface water flooding.
Local residents and
the school head teacher instigated the project. Through an intelligent
place-making solution, Robert Bray Associates solved these long-recognised
conflicts. The practical solutions they developed, Merrick said, ‘can and
should be replicated nationally’.
The finished project
delivers a safe passage to school for children and a place for parents to meet,
as well as a landscape that is resilient to unpredictable climatic events.
The full list of
winners can be found here.
