A ‘green oasis’ – that’s the tagline for Botanica, an intricately landscaped mixed-use complex developed alongside the Botanica Heritage project in Mt Eden.

Another joint venture between Haydn & Rollett and McDougall Reidy & Co, the Peddle Thorp designed building incorporates three commercial units, a basement carpark and 67 apartments of various sizes, some with private garden courtyards. Eventually, the Homestar 6-rated building will be cloaked in lush vines climbing through the exterior steel framing – a green building in more than ways than one.

For the Haydn & Rollett team, one of the stand-out features of this project was the amount of coordination required to get the landscaping to work within the built structure. Another was the level of detailing involved on the façade, especially around junctions of balconies and sliders, which required some ‘on-the-go’ revisions.