playing with play-dough

The children’s workshop went down a storm. Loads of interesting ideas were generated by modelling with play-dough. So a big thank you goes out to all the children who helped out!

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24SUCCESS……

Endcliffe Park’s 24 hour event, held this weekend was a great success. The event was primarily held to see if the useage of the park could be extended by holding events at different times over a 24 hour period. Particular attention was given to the late evening period so that the park became an activity [...]

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24ENDCLIFFE…..

Here are a few examples of some potential interventions within Endcliffe Park. To note a few: a new entrance, boulders for climbing, tree walk and a cinema event. Have your say on what you think should be left, removed or added in the park to improve it.

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24 ENDCLIFFE

Come along to any of the events to have your say whilst enjoying what the park has to offer!

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enchanting entrance

The entrance needs to highlight the importance of the park. Just subtle additions in the form of steel rods can make a huge difference. Just an initial step to show what can be achieved . . . .

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walking through the woods……..

Part of the Endcliffe 24 event will be to gauge public opinion on a number of ideas and designs for the park. These will be our ideas in response to our user consultation so far. They will be represented graphically to allow people to comment,  reject or improve our ideas. The attached example is an image of [...]

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Serendipity Shelter

After Saturday’s intervention of having wrapped the pergola we decided to leave it up for a 48 hour period and to periodically return documenting any changes or uses it might encourage. It was a decision that led to a crucial discovery.Since having starting the Re:Thinking Endcliffe Park Project one issue has repeatedly cropped up, that [...]

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Playgrounds….

The term playground generally indicates the areas that are set aside in gardens and urban parks for children to play in: delimited, controlled spaces that are protected from the intrusion of the adult world by a high rail fence, often they contain nothing more than a few pieces that have been ordered from a catalog [...]

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Saturday Sun

The Endcliffe Park Consultation Event began on Saturday morning at 9am.
We spent the day using a number of methods to engage with Endcliffe Park users. 
Firstly we set up a “Pit Stop” by the entrance at Hunters Bar Roundabout. The “Pit-Stop” comprised of an informal re-freshments stall (using a combination of cups of mineral water and orange [...]

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pretty patterns in the woods

Steel found in the woods – do we need to incorporate more steel in the park to highlight Sheffield’s industrial past?

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