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Sky Garden

A roof that was too hot to stand on, turned into clipped hedges, planters and a shaded seating court.

Rooftop garden with clipped hedges and planters
Location
Gulberg, Lahore
Site
Rooftop · 320 m²
Year
2025
Scope
Rooftop design, structural coordination, planting

The brief

The slab could take limited extra load, so every planter was sized with the structural engineer and filled with a lightweight soil mix. Hedges run along the parapet to break the wind and frame the city.

Drip irrigation is zoned by sun exposure. The south edge gets twice the water of the shaded court, which keeps the planting even through June.

Site to render

Placeholder pair. Final images will show the same viewpoint before and after.

Existing site: bare gravel roof surface
Design: rooftop hedges and planters
Existing site3D render
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Stone pathway with leaf shadows
Paving and shade
Stone walkway under a timber pergola
Pergola walk

Credits

  • Design — Zaid Nouman
  • Structure — consulting engineer
  • Irrigation — partner installer