Allison Brooks Architects

Old Street Oasis

This proposal is about using all the existing assets of Old Street – trees, space and light – to create an expansive and serene boulevard under a leaf ‘ceiling’ crossed by a soft-edged ‘planted’ road. The classic problems of car domination, wind, noise, clutter, disorientation and pollution are addressed with a limited number of simple devices to unify both sides of Old Street and create a colourful aromatic urban oasis.