Barnet Council in partnership with the Panorama Institute launched a two-stage design contest in July to pick out an excellent designer or workforce of designers to organize proposals for a large ranging and complete bundle of enhancements to rework the West Hendon Taking part in Fields from its present type to an exemplary vacation spot park.

Nineteen entries have been evaluated by a workforce of extremely certified judges. The transient regarded for revolutionary concepts and proposals that took benefit of the distinctive constraints and alternatives of the location, making a transformational inexperienced area for the local people. They have been in search of revolutionary concepts and proposals that made the most effective use of the distinctive constraints and alternatives of the location. A domestically distinctive design selling Backyard Metropolis ideas, that responded sensitively and creatively to the location, and mirrored the character of the world, showcasing, how inexperienced infrastructure and public area ship and assist the opposite ideas.

West Hendon Taking part in Fields is a big public open area positioned within the London borough of Barnet. It’s a well-used neighborhood and sporting useful resource, providing a spread of outside leisure services, together with soccer pitches, tennis courts and a cricket sq.. It’s house to a nursery, martial arts membership, and garden bowls membership, located inside a constructing (The Pavilion) within the north-east part of the location. The location has been recognized for funding in services, entry, and its identification and relationship to the neighborhood. West Hendon Taking part in Fields can be a Web site of Particular Scientific Curiosity, so the event will shield and improve the world’s ecology and biodiversity.

The judges evaluated every entry individually and the scores have been then moderated. This course of recognized the three highest-scoring entries which have been put ahead to Stage 2 of the competition. The three finalists are: LDA Design, Ove Arup & Companions Worldwide Ltd and Southern Inexperienced Ltd. On the second stage, the design is developed additional and particulars of the design workforce, challenge course of, and proposed prices are submitted.

The LBB intends to award a contract to the successful entrant for the event of the successful scheme, which has a complete estimated challenge funds of £18.3m.

Stage 2 timeline(*topic to unavoidable change)

• Stage 2 Contest Documentation Printed – Tuesday, 15 November 2022
• Deadline for Stage 2 Contest Entries – 12 midday, 4 January 2023
• Official notification of contract award to profitable and unsuccessful entrants
  (envisaged) – w/c 27 February 2023

A Barnet Council spokesperson mentioned:

“The design submissions we’ve got acquired have been excellent, every displaying revolutionary and artistic ways in which we will remodel West Hendon Taking part in Fields. Our parks and greenspaces are one in every of our borough’s best property. We need to present first-rate services and facilities which cater for our residents’ well being, wellbeing and pleasure. We’re additionally dedicated to defending and enhancing the world’s ecology and biodiversity.

Partnering with the Panorama Institute to run this competitors and appeal to such expertise to assist us codesign will guarantee we proceed to rework our borough into a spot that will be loved by all.”

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Notes to Editors:

London Borough of Barnet, West Hendon Taking part in Fields

• Barnet Council has in recent times, developed a collection of key strategic paperwork designed to form the supply of sport and bodily exercise companies and services in parks and open areas throughout the Borough. These embrace a Taking part in Pitch Technique (2017), a Parks and Open Areas Technique (2016-2026) and the Match and Energetic Barnet Framework (2016-2021). The paperwork are underpinned by a dedication throughout the Council’s Company Plan that ‘Barnet’s parks and open areas might be amongst the most effective in London.’
• The Council is in search of to implement a number of the suggestions made by these methods by exploring the event of latest sports activities hubs at three recognized strategic websites –Barnet Copthall, West Hendon Taking part in Fields and Barnet/King George V Taking part in Fields.
• Part 106 contributions arising from the regeneration of the West Hendon property have introduced a chance to enhance the services on the taking part in fields and surrounding areas with the goal of selling and growing participation in sport and bodily exercise within the locality and elevating the profile of the SSSI.

The West Hendon Taking part in Fields (WHPF) Venture goals to ship vital enhancements to a flagship greenspace throughout the London Borough of Barnet. By way of enhancements to the standard of the park; the introduction of a neighborhood sports activities hub; assorted indoor and outside leisure services and enhancements to connectivity inside and across the web site, the Council is aiming to create a premier open area inside North-West London for each residents and guests alike.

The Panorama Institute (LI) is the chartered physique for the panorama career. It’s an academic charity that promotes the artwork and science of panorama follow. The LI supplies knowledgeable house for all panorama practitioners together with panorama scientists, panorama planners, panorama architects, panorama managers, and concrete designers. The Panorama Institute helps its members by means of advocacy programmes, persevering with skilled growth, occasions, and quite a few networking actions, a lot of that are organised by means of its branches throughout the UK.