Design Brief and Specification

Design Brief Specifications

Grenfell Park located in Hornchurch London, is a 20-acre large park. The park contains a large area of conservation grassland as well as the River Rom which has been preserved as habitat space for birds' mammals and insects. In recent years, the park has remained rather bleak with the last renovation being in 2018 which was done to improve the habitat for wildlife. Houses as well as the YMCA youth club reside nearby the park making it a popular spot for locals to visit. Occasionally, nearby primary schools also use the park as an opportunity for small class trips. Insidethe park lies a playground containing several items of children’s play equipment. This has been left untouched since it’s instalment in 1960s which has kept it outdated and bland. Due to this, I feel that the park could use potential redevelopment with the playground area, transforming the spaceintoa more interactiveand interesting spacefor allages of Youth.

To make this happen, I would be working with the Havering London Borough Council redeveloping the playground into a more unique community spot. A portion of the nearby trees would also be cut down so that the playground space I would be working with will larger. The primary inspiration of this space would be complex organic forms and most of the equipment will be inspired by natural forms such as plants and animals. I would also like to include a small pavilion people can use in case of rain or just for shelter. Altogether, the focus of this redevelopment project is to bring the local community a high-quality park they can usefor leisure and activities.

The entire playground space will be redevelopment however much of the surrounding area will be left untouched aside from the large path spanning across the two main entrances of the park. This was made with intent to serve locals but will also be made in hopes of attracting any tourists whowould like tostop by.

- Playground space

- Accessiblefor everyone.

- Greenery such as trees and plants that will help blend the park with thesurrounding nature.

- Spots that can beused for aesthetic photos/pictures.

- A pavilion that peoplecan enter when it is raining.

- Benches - seating areas in general