Case Study - Inn The Park, St. James's Park, London
Client
The Royal Parks
Architect
Michael Hopkins
Main Contractor
Type of Development
Inn the Park, St. James’s Park, London is a new restaurant located between Buckingham Palace and Horse Guards Parade.
Reason for Green Roof
The aesthetics of the project were of the utmost importance with the domed roof having to be totally encapsulated in green to blend in with the surrounding park.
Type of Roof
Bauder Intensive Green Roof System.
Size of Green Roof
700m2
Build up of Roof
Waterproofing Build Up Bauder Underlayer, 5mm thick, highly modified with SBS elastomeric bitumen and reinforced with a very high tensile polyester carrier.
Bauder Capping Plant-E, 5mm thick, bituminous root resistant capping sheet containing a specially formulated chemical root inhibitor.
Bauder Yellofoam Insulation, enabling a fully bond of the waterproofing direct to the concrete structure.
Green Roof Build Up
Waterproofing layers incorporating the Bauder reservoir board system. Grass finish ensuring seamless blend into the park.
Comments
“Any renovation within The Royal Parks must preserve the Parks’ central themes of personal space and ecology. For the replacement of the Cake House with Inn the Park in St. James’s Park, we wanted a practical and visual approach which allowed us to continue the park up and over the top of the building in one seamless curve. With Buckingham Palace as the backdrop, Inn the Park’s outer shell had to harmonise with its surrounds completely. Bauder’s green roof solution fitted our criteria exactly and provides the public with an aesthetically intriguing feature that allows them to walk onto the roof and café terrace without leaving the essential atmosphere of the Park behind”.
