Challenge

Main contractor, Westfield, engaged Urban Planters to provide the landscaping elements to Westfield Stratford London, one of the largest shopping centres in Europe. The concept proposed by Urban Planters and Westfield incorporated large timber planters, seating and walkways to bring green country life to a large urban city area.

Solution

Urban Planters approached the design team at WoodblocX with a brief to design planters that would not only meet requirements but would also be in-keeping with the large innovative surroundings of the shopping centre.

WoodBlocX's installation team then worked closely with Urban Planters to erect the planters around the busy shopping centre.

One of the larger planters was designed to step down the main staircase to the shopping centre's entrance. This was easily achievable using WoodBlocX as the components are very versatile making building a raised planter possible almost anywhere.

Outcome

WoodBlocX pallets were stored away from the general public with the installation team working neatly in sections taking only what was required. This helped avoid any health and safety hazards which can often be a problem on sites accessible by the public and slow the project down.

WoodblocX has now successfully installed several large planting structures around the Westfield Shopping Centre and continues to work closely with Urban Planters in order to achieve the ongoing brief at this BALI award-winning project.