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<p>This paper focuses on rooftop gardens as a widely accessible space located on the rooftops of public buildings. Rooftop garden is a type of space which takes up a considerable surface on the rooftops of buildings, such as office towers, hotels, shopping malls, and serves the purpose of public space available to everyone. This relatively new public utility space arouses visitors’ interest, which is shown in the Authors’ research. This paper presents a qualitative research and results of the research conducted in three rooftop gardens in London. The investigations were concerned with: way of use, site attractiveness, maintenance and popularity level of each site in relation to the others. For this purpose, surveys were carried out among people who had visited at least one of the three study sites. Two non-participant observational surveys were also carried out during the warm and cold months. Conclusions were formulated as a result of the research described in this paper. During the research a profile of users visiting such public spaces as roof gardens was established. The characteristic architectural features of the roof gardens were also determined, so that their space could be considered accessible to all, attractive and willingly visited.</p>
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This paper focuses on rooftop gardens as a widely accessible space located on the rooftops of public buildings. Rooftop garden is a type of space which takes up a considerable surface on the rooftops of buildings, such as office towers, hotels, shopping malls, and serves the purpose of public space available to everyone. This relatively new public utility space arouses visitors’ interest, which is shown in the Authors’ research. This paper presents a qualitative research and results of the research conducted in three rooftop gardens in London. The investigations were concerned with: way of use, site attractiveness, maintenance and popularity level of each site in relation to the others. For this purpose, surveys were carried out among people who had visited at least one of the three study sites. Two non-participant observational surveys were also carried out during the warm and cold months. Conclusions were formulated as a result of the research described in this paper. During the research a profile of users visiting such public spaces as roof gardens was established. The characteristic architectural features of the roof gardens were also determined, so that their space could be considered accessible to all, attractive and willingly visited.

Architecture of Rooftop Gardens, as a New Dimension of Public Space in London. Case Studies in Qualitative Research

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment

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This paper focuses on rooftop gardens as a widely accessible space located on the rooftops of public buildings. Rooftop garden is a type of space which takes...

Rooftop Garden	Accessibility January	Accessibility September	Attractiveness January	Attractiveness September	Maintenance January	Maintenance September	Popularity January	Popularity September
Sky Garden	4	2	5	5	5	5	5	5
The Garden at 120	5	4	2	5	5	5	2	4
Crossrail Place Roof Garden	5	5	4	5	5	5	3	4

Architecture of Rooftop Gardens, as a New Dimension of Public Space in London. Case Studies in Qualitative Research

Online veröffentlicht: 09. Aug. 2022

Seitenbereich: 45 - 56

Eingereicht: 24. Jan. 2022

Akzeptiert: 14. Juni 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2022-0014

Schlüsselwörter
Architecture, Landscape design, Garden rooftops, Public space, Qualitative research

© 2022 Dorota WINNICKA-JASŁOWSKA et al., published by Sciendo

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Investigation criteria applied to observations and their assessment in January and September in selected rooftop gardens

Architecture of Rooftop Gardens, as a New Dimension of Public Space in London. Case Studies in Qualitative Research

Online veröffentlicht: 09. Aug. 2022

Seitenbereich: 45 - 56

Eingereicht: 24. Jan. 2022

Akzeptiert: 14. Juni 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2022-0014

SchlüsselwörterArchitecture, Landscape design, Garden rooftops, Public space, Qualitative research

© 2022 Dorota WINNICKA-JASŁOWSKA et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Investigation criteria applied to observations and their assessment in January and September in selected rooftop gardens

Schlüsselwörter
Architecture, Landscape design, Garden rooftops, Public space, Qualitative research