Rosarium

Phase 3 · Crystal Palace Park

Oxford Brookes School of Architecture · BA Year 2

REVITALISATION

Kick starting the revitalisation and redesign of the park by bringing roses back. Creating a threshold building and sloping rose lab, connecting with transport links and expanding the cafe.

Theo Jones architecture Crystal Palace Park Rosarium site location plan

Theo Jones architecture Crystal Palace Park Rosarium section drawing illustration roses growing

SEEDS & POLLEN

Storage and rose hybridisation.

Theo Jones architecture Crystal Palace Park Rosarium section drawing illustration seed storage interior desk

Theo Jones architecture Crystal Palace Park Rosarium section drawing illustration seed storage interior

ROSES

Planting, watering and feeding.

Theo Jones architecture Crystal Palace Park Rosarium section drawing illustration watering planting growing

HARVESTING

Collection of seeds for planting and rose heads for hybridisation.

STRUCTURE

Pivot joints and glass ‘spider’ connector.

Theo Jones architecture Crystal Palace Park Rosarium section drawing illustration structure module bow string truss detail

Connection point for the bow-string truss.

Theo Jones architecture Crystal Palace Park Rosarium section drawing illustration structure module steel detail

Corten modules on steel legs and concrete.

Theo Jones architecture Crystal Palace Park Rosarium section drawing illustration structure module detail

Theo Jones architecture Crystal Palace Park Rosarium section drawing illustration structure perspective

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THRESHOLD

The busiest and most significant entry point into the park forms the site for park revitalisation. Transport links are key with the tube, rail, bicycle rack, taxi rank and car parking. Brown & Green café and a florist are existing businesses within the station.

Theo Jones architecture Crystal Palace Park Rosarium existing

Theo Jones architecture Crystal Palace Park Rosarium existing section drawing illustration

SLOPE

The existing public entrance space is often in shade due to the station building, however the North-East slope down to the tracks gets a considerable amount of light, evident by the substantial unmanaged growth.

ROSARY MOUND

All remains of the 1852 rosary, spiral mound and bandstand are now gone, a walkway from the stadium to station cut across the mound reshaping it again in the 1970s. This was removed in 2010 and the scar it left can be seen today.