The Mount, Millbrook Park
LONDON 2018
Shortlisted: Housing Design Awards 2014
Winner: Delivering for Barnet Architecture Awards, 2017
The Mount housing scheme comprises 133 new homes and an adjoining park in North London. Working with Tate Hindle, BBUK designed the communal gardens, a public open space and the public realm on the surrounding and connecting streets.
The southern end of the park with steeper gradients incorporates a grand stair case. This is set into planted, terraced banks with seating set into the retaining walls on the stair platforms.
Courtyard gardens are provided for residents on podiums featuring generous lawns, plantings of shrubs, perennials and small trees. Low key sculptural play has been placed in these spaces for younger children.
BBUK detailed and inspected all elements of the hard and soft landscape, providing advice on site layout, planning conditions, sustainability issues and general co-ordination.