Rough with the smooth

摘要

The type of grass on the ground floor roof of this house balancing over the moors north of Bolton in Lancashire is the project's story in microcosm. Architect Mark Percival of Manchester-based practice architecture™ had planned that the initial bright green grass would evolve, mixing with seeds blown in from the surrounding landscape. It would become longer, coarser, more diverse and colourful. Its super flat terrain would become mushier and lumpier too, merging with the moors beyond. But the clients, a couple who until moving here lived in a three-bed suburban home in the town, won't let that happen. 'I'll be plucking it out myself,' one responded to Percival's suggestion that moss be allowed to slowly bed in.