Skate park redesign revealed
The Southbank Centre has revealed what a planned new site for skateboarders could look like. The centre wants to turn the existing space into shops. The new site is 120 metres away.
The Southbank Centre has revealed what a planned new site for skateboarders could look like. The centre wants to turn the existing space into shops. The new site is 120 metres away.
All the architects have responded really well to the brief and came up with some fantastic proposals for creating a new urban space under Hungerford Bridge.
The kind of features which skateboarders enjoy - ledges, steps, banks, blocks - are all there, but unlike in a conventional skatepark or skateplaza they have not been explicitly designed solely for skateboarding.
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