Ruskin Square Croydon (Light case study)

Where

Ruskin Square Plot B03 is the latest phase to be completed in the mixed-use re-development site adjacent to East Croydon Station. The area is undergoing a programme of regeneration as part of the East Croydon Masterplan to create a new urban quarter with improved transport links, residential, retail and office space and an investment in public realm, built ahead of development.

‘Ruskin Square’ lies at the heart of the new quarter; a public space for events and a place for office tenants and other local workers to relax. At the centre of the square is an oval timber stage, surrounded by a grove of Pin Oak trees and a verdant understorey of grasses, ferns and specimen shrubs. The encompassing effect is reminiscent of the oval timber panelled drawing room in the Working Men’s College where John Ruskin, the development’s namesake, taught drawing classes.

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