London Liverpool Street Station redesign plan features largest green roof in London
The City of London has given the green light for the transformation of London Liverpool Street Station intended to uplift the area’s green qualities for a more resilient and sustainable building.
Led by SLA, the landscape and public realm design features new and improved pedestrian and cycle connections, step-free access to all platforms and a major expansion for the station concourse and forecourt.
The project also delivers the largest green roof in the City of London, with fluid plans to “strengthen local green connections” explains SLA.
Rasmus Astrup, design principal and senior partner at SLA comments on the planning approval:
“It is a big and important step – not just for Liverpool Street Station, but for how London rethinks some of its most complex places: the major transport hubs that serve hundreds of thousands of people every day. At SLA, we have worked to ensure that landscape and City Nature are not simply a supplement, but one of the driving forces behind the transformation.”
He also says “this project signals that nature-based, landscape-led design is incredibly recognised as essential.”
While the station’s last redevelopment was in 1991, the new proposal, with the support of Network Rail, intends to futureproof it for decades to come.