Skip Garden

Students from The Bartlett School of Architecture curated sustainable constructions made of reclaimed materials for the urban garden and community space in King’s Cross, London.

The Bartlett School of Architecture, The Skip Garden, London
The Skip Garden, the urban garden and community space in the heart of the King’s Cross redevelopment has opened in its new home, unveiling seven new structures curated in collaboration with The Bartlett School of Architecture.
The Bartlett School of Architecture, The Skip Garden, London
The Bartlett School of Architecture, The Skip Garden, London

The garden was conceived to be movable, making a new home for itself in different parts of King’s Cross making the most of the redevelopment site throughout its years of construction.

Now open to the public, the collaboration aims to add to the existing garden, whilst giving undergraduates experience of project management and design as well as exposure to a real client and a real brief. The students have embraced sustainable construction techniques through the use of reclaimed materials such as sash windows to create a greenhouse effect, railway sleepers to form toilet cubicles and coffee sacks filled with earth to create energy efficient walls.

The development includes various facilities that can be used by the public such as the Skip Garden Kitchen, a dining area and multiple growing spaces incorporating into London’s first large-scale reed bed water filtration scape.

The collaboration between The Bartlett School of Architecture and Global Generation is the brainchild of Julia King and Jan Kattein who run The Bartlett’s BSc Architecture design unit, UG3.


The Skip Garden, London
Program: urban garden and community space
Architects: students from The Bartlett School of Architecture
Tutors: Julia King and Jan Kattein
Client: Global Generation
Completion: 2015

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