HUB - Landscape Commons

As one of Brooklyn’s first large-scale residential rooftop landscapes, the HUB “Commons” is designed as an extension of the building’s interior amenity facilities and its distinctive glass pool pavilion. Suspended one floor above street level, the Commons is designed as a landscape destination. A regionally based mix of trees, shrubs, meadow grasses with accenting flowering wildflowers establish a cohesive landscape context within which a variety of social gathering places are formed. Woodland tree groves dominate the terrace landscape’s spatial structure to improve privacy, enhance sense of protective containment, and visually buffering of exposed and unkempt neighboring edges. Desirable outward views are framed by the trees’ rhythmic groupings. A central lawn serves as an open space counterpoint to its woodland surround. This landscape “armature” introduces a humanizing scale to offset the building’s towering presence. The landscape design is comprised of a variety of companion plant types which are proportionally balanced to support terrace function flexibility and fluid mobility. Designed as a multi-purpose residential community outdoor space, the Common’s provides residents with an immersive landscape haven as an antidote to daily city life.