Memorial Gardens | remapp.co.uk

Kingston University School of Architecture & Landscape / Live Project

2013-2014/ Working with second year Landscape Architecture students (in partnership with Kingston Council and Quadron Services), to explore the potential to transform a run down public garden in central Kingston, using only the material of planting as a catalyst; in the process developing a deeper understanding of the site and context, which informed further imaginative strategies for the longer term. The students followed a typical design and stakeholder consultation process, from inception to construction. Given the current funding pressures on public parks, the student/ tutor project also generated its own funds through the pioneering Space Hive crowd funding website, alongside a social media campaign run via a student led Twitter and facebook page.

“At Memorial Gardens we saw a newly created sensory garden, which has been created with the help of Kingston University students. It had greatly enhanced the space and made it a much more welcoming and inviting space to come and sit and relax.. a great asset in the town centre”.

The London In Bloom judges report, awarding Royal London Borough of Kingston with a Silver Gilt Award for 2014.

Client and Collaborators

Royal London Borough of Kingston Client / remapp + Nick Hughes (tutors) + B.A. Landscape Architecture second year students (Kingston University) Landscape Architects / Quadron Services Project Management

Programme: 2013 – 2014/ design to construction.

”The planting is absolutely beautiful, it really lifts the space, providing an attractive billowy mosaic of colour and height. I love the choice of plants...’ Marie-Claire Edwards, Greenspace Manager/ Client, Royal Borough of Kingston