Foster's Crossrail Place roof garden at Canary Wharf

Описание: Time-lapse video showing the construction of Foster + Partners
tropical roof gardens and a leisure complex. Designed to sit above a new Crossrail station at Canary Wharf in London has opened to the public.

The seven-storey structure is the first new building for Crossrail – London's new east-west rail link – to open, although trains will not run from the station for at least three years.

Located in the heart of London's Canary Wharf financial hub on the North Dock, the station will be one of 40 that will serve the capital's new rail network, scheduled to open in 2018.

Crossrail Place at Canary Wharf by Foster + Partners

British firm Foster + Partners has designed the roof structure and cladding that wraps around the four storeys of shopping and leisure facilities above ground level, as well as the gardens on the top level. Collectively named Crossrail Place, the shopping centre and outdoor space will opened to the public on 1 May.

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The roof garden, landscaped by London-based studio Gillespies, is located directly beneath a 310-metre-long transparent hood. Triangular air-filled cushions made from ETFE – a type of plastic used for its resistance to corrosion – are set into the timber-latticed awning.

"Like Crossrail, one of the aims of the new roof garden is to connect London from east to west," said Norman Foster in a statement. "

"It provides a welcoming public space between the residential neighbourhood of Poplar and the business district of Canary Wharf, demonstrating the role of infrastructure as the 'urban glue' that binds a city together," added the Foster + Partners founder.



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