Client

  • City Being: a property company whose purpose is to unlock long-term value for all through regeneration
  • Raybone Developments Mint Ltd

Approach

Node was commissioned by Raybone Developments (Mint) Ltd / City Being, to work alongside Gensler Architects to create a high-quality landscape scheme for a residential development of 109 homes on Holliday Street, Birmingham. 

The vision for the landscape proposals for Holliday Street is: “To create a high-quality landscape that looks to improve health and well-being by appealing to all the human senses. The design will provide seasonal interest, sensory features, deliver ecological enhancement and improve overall standards of biodiversity.” 

Impact

The landscape design: 

  • Creates a welcoming entrance and soften the building’s frontage onto Holliday Street. 
  • Provides external terraces at the front of the building, alongside a communal garden and welcoming entrance. 
  • Incorporates a private communal courtyard for residents at the rear of the building. 
  • Creates an external roof terrace on the top of the building, providing a range of amenity spaces for residents including relaxing and barbecue area, children’s play and outdoor fitness area. 

A planning application has been submitted to Birmingham City Council in summer 2022.