Southbank 的最终方案已经出台！这个历史悠久的板场在设计师的笔下变成了一个多功能的极限运动中心，板场的设计师在采访视频里对这他的杰作兴奋不已，它将会比原来的板场大10%，有10组台阶，总长度达到77米的台子，全新的U池斜面等等道具，除了滑板专用场地外还有BMX场地，涂鸦专用场地以及跑酷场地，当然，不论刮风下雨，它都会每天对外开放！
Southbank Centre has announced the final design of the new skateable space under Hungerford Bridge, 120 metres from and more than 10% larger than the current undercroft. The design process was led by three members of the skateboard community with extensive experience in the practice and culture or skateboarding: lead architect Søren Nordal Enevoldsen, a skater and founder of SNE Architects, a practice based in Copenhagen, who is one of the world’s top architects for designing skateboarding and urban arts spaces; Rich Holland, a skater and architectural designer at Floda31, who has made many skateable installations and sculptures, including installations in the current undercroft; and Iain Borden, skater and Professor of Architecture and Urban Culture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. In addition, expert advice was provided by the Focus Design Group, including specialists in skateboarding, BMXing, graffiti writing and parkour, and a series of three public workshops have recently taken place.
The new space will be a larger and better facility than the existing space and the key design features include:
- a total area of 1,232m2 compared to 1,075m2 of the existing undercroft, with a large, open flat-floor space, and a much longer straight run than in the undercroft;
- numerous banks, ramps, ledges, steps and other features suited for contemporary street skateboarding and BMXing, including many more angled banks, fixed blocks and ledges than in the current undercroft;
- provision for skateboarders to add their own blocks and ledges, as in the undercroft;
- 10 sets of steps and double-ledges with a total length of 77 metres, compared to just two short sets in the current undercroft;
- walls for street art, including a very large area of more than 200m2 on the Hungerford Bridge itself, treated with a special coating to allow painting straight on to the brickwork;
- new BMX-attuned features including wall rides (none in current undercroft);
- new Parkour-attuned features including various plateaus, shelves and blocks (none in current undercroft);
- the modification of the pedestrian ramp, cutting away the existing lower structure to open up the space and allow sight-lines between the space and the riverside Queen’s Walk;
- typical urban flagstone, stone and brick materials will be used, and high-quality granite will be introduced, which as a smooth yet tough and hard-wearing material is considered by many skateboarders to be the best surface for tricks (not in the existing space);
- a top-lit, protective roof, providing weather protection to the area. Lighting, power and CCTV will help make the space safe and fully open and accessible;
- and a more open space inviting the public in, unlike the current undercroft which keeps the public behind railings.
Find out more about the new skateable space and Festival Wing project here
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