Back Down to Earth | Gillespies & Hilary Barber

2021 WLA Awards – Merit Award in the Concept – Design category

South Parade is the street where we work- an unremarkable street, full of tarmac and cars. It is exactly this type of street where an environmental revolution could take root – responding to the post-Covid-19 opportunities and the climate emergency, to radically re-think our urban streets, for the sake of humanity. Our proposal peels away the existing grey carpet, ‘back down to earth’.

An ecosystem led planning approach where people and biodiversity have equal importance and nature can be introduced in a meaningful manner to create a balanced, thriving, healthy and resilient streetscape. The re-engineered

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