postwar portfolio - robert royston
st. mary's square park - 1958
This park atop a parking garage was one of the first large scale rooftop projects undertaken by Robert Royston. For the park, he created a flowing pattern of planted areas and paving that obscured the rigid geometry that was imposed on the ground plane by the underlying building structure. An exisitng row of poplar trees was retained as backdrop for the park. A sculpture by noted San Francisco artist Benny Bufano provides a focal point for the space.