Last updated: September 2024
The Olive Garden ("Jardim das Oliveiras") is a green roof created in the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in Lisbon, as a green space that blends natural elements with the surrounding cultural area and building. Situated by the Tagus River, the garden features a lawn, olive trees, and small lakes, offering a quiet place for people to relax and enjoy nature (Ref 1, Ref 2). It is a popular spot for families, young people, and children who use the space (Ref 1). The garden also hosts cultural events, such as concerts and DJ performances, adding to its appeal as a community gathering place (Ref 3, Ref 4).
Jardim das Oliveiras
Ref. 1: ©Estelle Valente / CCB 2020
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Nature on buildings (external)
- Green roofs
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Key challenges
- Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
- Climate change adaptation
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Regeneration, land-use and urban development
- Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
- Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
- Promotion of cultural diversity
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Social interaction
Principal problems in Functional Urban Area (FUA)
- Land use and Socio-economic change
- Unequal availability and access to public green spaces
- Health, Well-being and Social cohesion
- Loss of sense of place and identity
Key priorities
Social Justice and community
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Creation of green roofs and walls
Project objectives
1. Enhance Urban Green Spaces: To provide a green, natural area within an urban cultural setting, contributing to the overall enhancement of urban biodiversity (Ref 1, Ref 6).
2. Promote Social Interaction and Recreation: To create a communal space where families, young people, and children can gather, relax, and engage in recreational activities (Ref 1, Ref 2).
3. Support Cultural Activities: To serve as a venue for cultural events, such as concerts and festivals, thereby enriching the cultural life of the community (Ref 3, Ref 4).
4. Aesthetic Appeal: To enhance the visual appeal of the Centro Cultural de Belém by integrating natural landscapes with the surrounding architecture (Ref 2, Ref 6).
5. Cooling potential: As a garden created in an exposed sunny area, it was planned to create an outdoor shading area for the garden users to escape urban heat (Ref. 1)
Implementation activities
1. Creation of Green Space: Establishment of lawns, olive trees, and small lakes and water fountains (Ref 1, Ref 2).
2. Integration with Cultural Infrastructure: Positioning the garden alongside key cultural buildings (Ref 1, Ref 2).
3. Hosting Cultural Events: Use of the garden for concerts, DJ performances, and other cultural activities (Ref 3, Ref 4).
4. Provision of Social Space: Offering a space for leisure activities such as picnics, relaxation, and play (Ref 1, Ref 2).
Climate-focused activities
Climate change adaptation:
- Increase urban vegetation cover to reduce urban heat island effect
Main beneficiaries
- Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)
- Citizens or community groups
- Other
Governance
Management set-up
- Led by non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Public sector institution
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- The project didn't involve any form of stakeholder participatory activities
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) is a public-sector institution. The garden is located on its grounds and, therefore, managed by the institution.
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
Type of enablers
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Private Foundation/Trust
Type of funding
- Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Climate change
- Lowered local temperature
- Expected lowered local temperature
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
- Achieved increased green space area
- Increased number of species present
- Achieved increased number of species present
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Achieved improved access to urban green space
- Increased opportunities for social interaction
- Achieved increased opportunities for social interaction
- Health and wellbeing
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Expected gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Type of reported impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Potential risks of implementation and trade-offs
Unknown
References
1.
CCB (n.d.). Olive Garden. Accessed on August 29, 2024, [Source link];
2.
Visit Belem (n.d.). Olive Garden. Accessed on August 29, 2024, [Source link];
3.
Visit Lisboa (n.d.). Summer CCB. Accessed on August 29, 2024, [Source link];
4.
Arte351 Team (2022). Saturdays in July have DJs at Jardim das Oliveiras, with free entry. Accessed on August 29, 2024, [Source link];
5.
Lisbon Municipality (n.d.). Jardim das Oliveiras. Accessed on August 29, 2024, [Source link];
6.
Goncalves, M. (2024). New festival takes over the CCB to celebrate language and freedom. Accessed on August 29, 2024, [Source link];
Jardim das Oliveiras
Ref. 1: ©Estelle Valente / CCB 2020
Jardim das Oliveiras
Ref. 1: ©Estelle Valente / CCB 2020
CCB Olive Garden
©Estelle Valente / CCB 2020
Information about this nature-based solution was collected as part of the Naturescapes project funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No 101084341.