Medici Terrace
©Bradley-Hole
Schoenaich Landscape Architects
Location: Mayfair, London
Client: Great Portland Estates
Architect: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Completed: 2021
Size: 130 m2
Photography: © Alister Thorpe
The Medici Terrace was designed as a green amenity and
shared outdoor working space for the Great Portland Estate’s new office
building on Hanover Square. The idea was to employ lightweight pots to
subdivide a narrow linear space into a series of private zones that could be
used by office workers. The southwest-facing orientation and the exposed nature
of the space meant that a variety of drought-resistant grasses and perennials
with long-lasting flowering periods could be used. Informal and textural layers
of green are punctuated with bright flowers throughout the year. Quality hard
landscape details and a subtle colour palette complement the architecture to create
a vibrant, sheltered terrace with views of Mayfair and beyond.
Developed as part of
the Bradley-Hole Schoenaich Landscape Architects team.
︎︎︎ planting calendar
︎︎︎ Ryan Carl, Semi-random circles in grid silkscreen print
︎︎︎ Damien Hirst, Dotriacontane, 1965
