This small urban garden is located on top of an underground garage in central Moscow. The client´s brief was to convert the cluttered and uninviting terrace into a liveable and green family garden. Simple materials such as pine wood and Black Sea pea gravel were selected to cover up the original red granite cladding. As all planting beds are on a podium and the soils freezes in the winter resilient and robust plants of the Russian north and Far East and cold tolerant steppe plants were used.
Client: Private
Alphabet City Team: Anna Andreyeva, Maria Ashkova, Alexandra Sokolova, Boris Kondakov
Additional consulting: Valeria Goryainova
Year built: 2017
Area: 250 sq.m.