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A raised grass mound provides a look-out point towards the inner city and Nelson Mandela Bridge

The entrance to the Liberty offices was ‘re-invented’ and has
become a porte-cochere and drop-off point
Lighting ensures that the park can be used at night

small waterfall, four small ponds located on back to the sump, through the terraced steps. and also to attract birds and insects. “They
both sides of the channels, a large sump and The small ponds serve as mini-wetlands with create their own microcosm, operate on a
an underground plumbing structure that is a cleaning function, where plants provide natural principle and invite park users to
necessary for the functioning of this closed- biological filtration for the water. stroll around them,” he explains.
circuit system. Water circulates from the
underground sump at the bottom of the site Gradowski says the ponds were included The ‘lei’ water system is nevertheless
to the moat-pond at the top and flows down, as natural elements for aesthetic purposes, the focal point of the design, with the
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