Parish Wood Park opens - November 2011

The Parish Wood Park improvements were implemented in three carefully-managed phases over four years and include new footpaths, bridges, interpretation devices, wetland areas, and various elements of bespoke furniture and informal play opportunities throughout.

Hastings Ore Valley Adventure Playground to the users

East have handed over the completed Hastings Ore Valley Adventure Playground to the users. The design of the building and external spaces has been developed by a design team lead by architects East, with young people at Sandown School, Broomgrove Community Centre and The Bridge, after a design team selection process which involved the young users as well as the adult client team. The outside area will continue to evolve with the community and children’s participation, as a space that children own and are empowered to shape and design. The building and playground offer a variety of inclusive play opportunities including places where children can build their own structures with storage containers full of tools and equipment, quiet areas, wild nature areas, water play, a fire pit, slides, zip line, places for digging and making dens. All trees will be retained on the site, and made use of for playing and growing food.

Piazza Del Ponte win - 14 October 2010

Sergison Bates and East have won the competition to redesign Piazza Del Ponte in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The collaborative team beat five other teams to develop a scheme which includes a new public square and City Library. The new square will include materials already employed across the city, using a shared surface of granite setts, lined with bands of constrasting stone, designed to accommodate a variety of activities-from cinema screenings to the annual Easter procession. Large cast iron seating areas will help slow cars down as well as bring the sound of the hidden river to the surface. Catenary lighting, seating, and a new shape to the square will help restore this space as the heart of Mendrisio.

Competition for new community building, Sittingbourne, Kent - 9 June 2010

East has won the competition to design a Community Centre for The Meads residential area in Sittingbourne. The arrangement of internal and external spaces allows for active and passive participation and pleasures - from enjoying the garden while walking by, to having a coffee in the foyer space, to taking part in a class or working within the building.