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Bishops Square Gardens
Bishops Square Gardens
Spitalfields, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Project Featured on Sep 15, 2024
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Bishops Square Gardens
Spitalfields, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Project Featured on Sep 15, 2024
Firm
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
The latest phase of the Bishops Square development transforms Lamb Street into a new public space with retail and food kiosks, reimagines Market Street as a vibrant new shopping street, and creates Bishops Square Gardens with new landscaping and bespoke street furniture.
The project creates three distinctive landscaped areas, with bespoke street furniture designed by Foster + Partners’ industrial design team. The design increases the provision and diversity of furniture throughout the square, in harmony with the landscaping.
The Adaptive Plaza serves as a gateway to the heart of Bishops Square. It is a flexible outdoor space that incorporates tiered pyramid seating for informal gatherings or community events. Modular timber benches can be moved easily and placed in different locations to facilitate performances, temporary exhibitions and screenings. The benches provide additional seating or can be pushed together to create a stage.
The Urban Living Room is a naturally shaded space for outdoor meetings and social gatherings. Four large communal tables are surrounded by dense greenery to create a tranquil urban oasis in the centre of Bishops Square. Stools are positioned around the table with spaces for wheelchair users and pushchairs alongside them.
The Lawns significantly increase the amount of green space for local people, office workers and visitors. The existing water feature, Charnel House and a number of mature trees have been retained and fused into the new landscape. In this area, there are seats on the raised edges of the lawns, as well as double-sided and platform benches. The double-sided benches correspond with the landscape and offer a raised surface - with wireless charging for tablets and mobile phones - allowing people to work while facing the lawns. The wider platform benches enable larger groups to sit, work or eat together in the heart of the garden.
The project creates three distinctive landscaped areas, with bespoke street furniture designed by Foster + Partners’ industrial design team. The design increases the provision and diversity of furniture throughout the square, in harmony with the landscaping.
The Adaptive Plaza serves as a gateway to the heart of Bishops Square. It is a flexible outdoor space that incorporates tiered pyramid seating for informal gatherings or community events. Modular timber benches can be moved easily and placed in different locations to facilitate performances, temporary exhibitions and screenings. The benches provide additional seating or can be pushed together to create a stage.
The Urban Living Room is a naturally shaded space for outdoor meetings and social gatherings. Four large communal tables are surrounded by dense greenery to create a tranquil urban oasis in the centre of Bishops Square. Stools are positioned around the table with spaces for wheelchair users and pushchairs alongside them.
The Lawns significantly increase the amount of green space for local people, office workers and visitors. The existing water feature, Charnel House and a number of mature trees have been retained and fused into the new landscape. In this area, there are seats on the raised edges of the lawns, as well as double-sided and platform benches. The double-sided benches correspond with the landscape and offer a raised surface - with wireless charging for tablets and mobile phones - allowing people to work while facing the lawns. The wider platform benches enable larger groups to sit, work or eat together in the heart of the garden.
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