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PrintEmailMore sharing'Mushroom garden' offers tunnel vision for a greener LondonBy Matthew Knight, CNNOctober 18, 2012 -- Updated 1219 GMT (2019 HKT)if (typeof cnnArticleGallery=="undefined"){var cnnArticleGallery={};if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=[];}}var expGalleryPT00=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGalleryPT00.setImageCount(13);expGalleryPT00.setAdsRefreshCount(3);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("\'Pop Down\' by Fletcher Priest Architects", 1);.cnn_html_slideshow_metadata > .cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:'>>';font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px}.cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0}.captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1}.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:#004276;outline:medium none}.cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px}
An idea to create a mushroom garden in a disused rail tunnel beneath London's Oxford Street has won a competition inspired by New York's High Line -- the elevated park which utilizes old railroad line to create green public spaces. The vision for a mushroom farm combined with a pedestrian walkway came out on top of 170 entries proposing new green spaces for the UK capital. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"\'Pop Down\' by Fletcher Priest Architects"}Runner-up in the competition was this idea for a new public swimming facility on the Regent's Canal running from Little Venice to Limehouse. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"The Lido Line by [Y/N] Studio"}
Runner-up in the competition was this idea for a new public swimming facility on the Regent's Canal running from Little Venice to Limehouse. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"The Lido Line by [Y/N] Studio"}
Scott Badham and Ian Fisher imagined retrofitting London's buses and trams and trains with "biocentric mats and sleeves."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"[Re]Structure "}This idea to create a network of floating barges of wetland, farm and park near Canary Wharf was highly commended by the judges. The competition was organized by the UK's Landscape Institute in partnership with the Mayor of London and the Garden Museum based in south London.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":" Barge Walk"}
This idea to create a network of floating barges of wetland, farm and park near Canary Wharf was highly commended by the judges. The competition was organized by the UK's Landscape Institute in partnership with the Mayor of London and the Garden Museum based in south London.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":" Barge Walk"}
Transforming London's many flyovers into "green arteries" would not only improve the look of some of some eyesores but also reduce traffic noise and encourage biodiveristy, according to Bell Phillips, Spacehub and Aecom. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Green Arteries "}
Terra Studio's idea is to create four green infrastructure schemes including a "green bridge" on London's Blackfriars Bridge. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"High, Low, Fast and Fluid Lines "}An ambitious scheme to create a rainwater store which can serve local residents was Andres Briones' idea.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Lea Valley Rain Farm"}An idea to transform the City of London's Tower 42 was proposed by Jerry Tate Architects. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Green Lung Retrofit "}Revitalizing forlorn waterways was proposed by Place Design + Planning. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"The New River "}Me & Sam Ltd want to establish small book exchanges thoroughout London's extensive network of parks and green spaces. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"London Parks Library"}
An ambitious scheme to create a rainwater store which can serve local residents was Andres Briones' idea.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Lea Valley Rain Farm"}
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Sprucing up London's arterial routes was Ireland Albrecht's vision with road verges and pavements becoming "multi-functional landscapes." cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"Suburban Kiss by Ireland Albrecht"}Creating miniature orchards in and around existing bus shelters could transform them into shared areas for cultivating food. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"Street Orchard "}A green toolbox designed to help local communities improve their own parks and playgrounds was devised by Atkins Landscape Architects. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":13,"title":"Grow Box "}HIDE CAPTION'Pop Down' by Fletcher Priest ArchitectsThe Lido Line by [Y/N] Studio[Re]Structure Barge WalkGreen Arteries High, Low, Fast and Fluid Lines Lea Valley Rain FarmGreen Lung Retrofit The New River London Parks LibrarySuburban Kiss by Ireland AlbrechtStreet Orchard Grow Box <<<
Creating miniature orchards in and around existing bus shelters could transform them into shared areas for cultivating food. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"Street Orchard "}
A green toolbox designed to help local communities improve their own parks and playgrounds was devised by Atkins Landscape Architects. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":13,"title":"Grow Box "}HIDE CAPTION'Pop Down' by Fletcher Priest ArchitectsThe Lido Line by [Y/N] Studio[Re]Structure Barge WalkGreen Arteries High, Low, Fast and Fluid Lines Lea Valley Rain FarmGreen Lung Retrofit The New River London Parks LibrarySuburban Kiss by Ireland AlbrechtStreet Orchard Grow Box <<<
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But a new idea to create a mushroom garden in a tunnel beneath Oxford Street is perhaps one of the more unconventional attempts to breathe new life into the UK capital's forgotten subterranean murk."Pop Down" imagines a section of the defunct "Mail Rail" tunnel -- a narrow gauge railway used for transporting mail around London which closed in 2003 -- being repurposed as a mushroom farm and pedestrian walkway lit at street level by glass-fiber, mushroom-shaped sculptures.Its creators, London-based Fletcher Priest Architects, say underground tunnels provide the ideal environment for an urban mushroom farm and could supply pop-up "Funghi" cafes at the tunnel's entrance and exit."The response to this competition shows how many ideas are just waiting to happen, on, over or under the streets of LondonRobert HammondThe idea was recently awarded the top prize in the "High Line for London" competition run by the UK's Landscape Institute in partnership with the Mayor of London and the Garden Museum.The competition, which attracted 170 submissions, was inspired by New York's High Line -- a derelict section of elevated railroad which has been transformed into a park -- with co-founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond joining the judging panel."The response to this competition shows how many ideas are just waiting to happen, on, over or under the streets of London," Hammond said in a statement.Runner-up in the competition was "The Lido Line" by [Y/N] Studio which proposes turning a section of the Regent's Canal running from Little Venice to Limehouse into a public swimming area.Other entries were also highly commended including an idea for a floating park/farm/wetland near Canary Wharf called "Barge Walk" and "Bridge-It" which envisions building parks over, under and besides existing railway lines."During this Olympic summer it was clear that London's public spaces are coming alive as never before. There is now a popular appetite for making our outdoors more useable and more wonderful," Penelope Curtis, director of Tate Britain said in a statement.Shortlisted submissions will be on show at the Garden Museum until October 21.0Comments »
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