Landscape Design > Parks and Green Spaces

Northala Field Park

London

Competition winner 2007
Client London Borough of Ealing

Lead designer FoRM

The most significant innovative feature of the project is the use of imported inert waste material to provide both the raw material for creating a new landform within the park and crucially, to generate the £ 6 million funding to deliver the wide ranging recreational and ecological enhancements.

FoRM associates were able to develop this raw concept into an innovative landscape design, which successfully balances a range of project goals, including:

  • Maximising the volume of material within the new landform and hence potential for income generation
  • Reducing adverse affects arising from the adjacent A40, particularly noise, visual and air pollution
  • Delivering new recreation opportunities not currently available within the open space resource of the area focusing on a six lake urban fishery
  • Establishing new ecological opportunities in response to the creation of new topography
  • Creating a major piece of ‘land art’ forming a gateway icon for West London