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1. 
   15.12.2020

   Exchange Square starts on site

   
   DSDHA's major new public park Exchange Square has started on site at Broadgate for our client British Land.

   
   

   Suspended above the live railway tracks of Liverpool Street Station, the 1.5 acre park will offer a four-fold increase in the amount of greenery, dramatically enhancing biodiversity and improving local ecology. 

   
   

   A technically challenging construction on a restricted urban site, the 15 month-long build will deliver a new park for the City of London.

   
   

   Exchange Square is the culmination of DSDHA’s Broadgate public realm framework, and offers an unfolding meandering landscape across several levels, with opportunities for rest and reflection, aiming to encourage diverse audiences to enjoy this public amenity. Bringing nature and wellbeing to the fore, in balance with technology, Exchange Square is an informal open-air space in which to meet, celebrate, work and relax surrounded by greenery. 

   
   
   Tags: Exchange Square Broadgate City of London park landscape urban design British Land
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2. 
   30.11.2020

   David Hills appointed as High Streets Task Force Expert

   
   David Hills has been appointed by the High Streets Task Force to aid communities and local government transform their high streets. 

   
   

   As a Task Force ‘Expert’, David's appointment will help high streets evolve and respond to the impact of COVID-19.

   
   

   The High Streets Task Force is an alliance of placemaking experts that provides encouragement, tools and skills to help communities and local government transform their high streets. It is now providing support to local leaders in town centres and high streets in England. 

   
   

   High Streets Task Force Experts advise on a range of issues, including planning, urban design, placemaking, landscape architecture, resilience, transport, valuation, asset management, investment, governance, data and analytics, place management and leadership.

   
   

   Once assigned, Experts also to help to prescribe Task Force support that best meets the needs of the places that they visit and advise, helping to tackle a range of issues that could be blocking the potential of the local high streets.

   
   
   Tags: David Hills High Street Task Force Expert Covid-19 placemaking town centres high streets planning urban design communities local government
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3. 
   06.08.2020

   Want to be a City-Maker?

   
   Are you ready to engage, change, and improve your community?

   
   

   Do you want to win prizes, learn new design skills and get the Citizenship Award? 

   
   

   In partnership with Lambeth and HeadstartED, DSDHA have established the “Many Different Voices” project - a 3-in-1 online teamwork, training and competition project, to give school students a chance to be part of the real-life redesign of Lambeth roads.

   
   

   This exciting project will see school students work on an online project to design improvements to street space in Railton Road, one of Lambeth's new Low Traffic Neighbourhoods.

   
   

   Students aged 13-16 will use Minecraft to enter a design competition, with the chosen ideas becoming a reality on Brixton streets.

   
   

   The project begins on Thursday 13 August with an online workshop.

   
   

   Interested students should register at HeadstartEDhub.com using their school email address. 

   
   

   DSDHA helped set the design principles for judging the competition entries and will run online Q&A sessions and workshops for the project.

   
   

   The Many Different Voices project is being run by the studio's Spatial Intelligence Group, who are currently working on responses to Covid-19 within our urban environment. 

   
   

   Further information on the Many Different Voices project is available at https://rtstreets.commonplace.is/schemes/proposals/many-different-voices/details.

   
   
   Tags: Lambeth HeadstartED Many Different Voices Railton Road Low Traffic Neighburhoods competition students Minecraft Brixton SIG Spatial Intelligence Group urban design public space
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