Milton Keynes Station Square Re-opens!

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This week Milton Keynes Station Square re-opened - one of the largest public realm spaces in the UK. Alongside the stunning new mural ‘Walk With Your Dreams’ created by renowned artist, Yinka Ilori.

Planit’s London Landscape Architecture vision has been integral to transforming 28,000 square metres of flat hardscape and lawns into a welcoming and biodiverse space - that can be used by locals and visitors all year round.

Aerial shot looking down at a bright mural painted on the ground

“We knew from the outset that the planting had to frame and complement this vast space and to work with, and not against, Yinka’s striking artwork. We started by designing a ring of 22 very tall 18m high trees to frame the underfoot image, to form a canopy overhead and bring the square to ‘human scale’. A backdrop of plant species choreographed to complement the artwork’s vibrancy wraps the space in swathes of colour.” - Hannah Vincent, Principal Landscape Architect

Throughout the rest of the square, a matrix of trees, dense shrubs and prairie grasses will provide year-round structure to the space whilst reducing the pressures on drought and maintenance. The seasons will be welcomed with colourful species that create clouds, washes and pops of texture from extensive bulb planting in the spring, rich herbaceous plants throughout the summer and further flowering species during autumn and winter.

Image of a large bright pink mural on the ground infront of planting

Thank you to MKDP (Milton Keynes Development Partnership), Milton Keynes City Council, and the amazing team at Zetteler for sharing the story. And the wider delivery team: Arcadis and Frosts Landscapes

Image of Yinka Allori stood in the middle of a bright mural on the ground

Aerial shot looking across at a bright mural painted on the ground infront of Milton Keynes Station

Aerial shot looking down at Yinka Allori lay in the middle of a bright mural painted on the ground

Read more from Rowan Moore at The Observer here

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Milton Keynes Station Square Re-opens!

This week Milton Keynes Station Square re-opened - one of the largest public realm spaces in the UK. Alongside the stunning new mural ‘Walk With Your Dreams’ created by renowned artist, Yinka Ilori.

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