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Urban green transformations

A 1970s housing block with a sun-struck south wall — now a rising green quilt the whole neighbourhood mentions.

Housing block front softened by a sheet of climbing leaves
At a glance

A block that breathes again

Residents spoke of stuffy flats and a gloomy street face. With the management team, we fixed steel trellis runs, drip watering and 900 fume-tolerant climbers over three storeys — all tended from cradles, with no repeat scaffolding.

  • The hurdle: crumbly brick, nesting-season limits and watering 40 metres overhead.
  • Our take: kit-form trellis, zoned drip runs with leak alerts, and shade-happy evergreen climbers.
  • The outcome: full leaf cover inside 30 months, cooler-feeling stairs, and south-facing flats in demand.