Activities

Laban Garden

The Folding Landscape for Laban Center was designed  by landscape architect Stephen Schraemmli from Zurich.

The two spiral-shaped connected to become places where they met. Three planted yards are cut in at different depths,this allows them to provide daylight to the interior and enable visual connections and spatial throughout the building.

Lindum Grassfelt, is a type of living grass grown on a biodegradable felt base, was used for dramatic effect on the angular sculptured landscape surrounding the Laban Dance Centre.

                                

The Plan

The Brown roof / Eco-roof

Not only the Laban garden create an environmentally friendly area for the Laban centre. The "Brown roof" (Eco-roof) is also an important feature of the building. The roof is made of local materials, crushed brick and concrete, it allows plants to grow. The roof have positive impact on the environment and nature, especially benefit for black redstarts, small bright birds which are now rare to be seen in london or the UK. For the Laban's point of view, as they are aiming for health, the environment around the creekside is in concerned, and that it had a chain reaction with other new buildings in the area.            

The Ferranti Park

The Ferranti Park is situated opposite the Laban dance centre, it provides an comfortable open space and has been a nature place where local residents go often looking for green space in an urban environment. The park is also being plan for educational groups visting by the council.