BALI AWARDS
This is the second Grand Award win for hard and soft landscaping specialists Maylim , who won back in 2017 for One Tower Bridge . They have over 20 years ’ experience in executing high-quality public realm and landscaping schemes , as well as highway and civil engineering projects , across both public and private sectors .
The Grand award-winning project , ‘ Exchange Square ’ sits at the heart of Broadgate , London ’ s largest pedestrianised neighbourhood . Suspended above the tracks of Liverpool Street Station , the landscape , spanning 5,000m2 , unfolds across several levels to create a more natural topography . Exchange Square is a new public park , which has been re-imagined as a bucolic landscape with trees , generously planted borders , and green space .
Rather than simply demolish the existing scheme , the contractor chose to ‘ deconstruct ’ it , dismantling and removing the hard materials , including 300 tonnes of granite and 20 tonnes of boulders , and re-purposing them on other public realm projects . This approach has reduced the environmental impact and financial costs of the new scheme .
This year ’ s National Landscape Awards ’ Judges , led by experienced Chair John Melmoe , jointly commented that “ This scheme is not only an exemplar of public realm landscaping excellence , fully deserving of the Grand Award , but also a lesson in finding and pursuing alternative solutions to the challenges faced by contractors who are replacing existing hard landscapes .”
Special Award - Best First Time Entrant - Ellicar - Wildlife & Water Garden in Nottinghamshire
Special Award - Best Design & Build -The Garden Company - West Hill ( Photo Credit - Clive Nichols )
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