Champions of the World: A Breath of Fresh Air
Posted July 7th, 2010 by Dael Poulter
One of our favourite sporting heroes, World Heavyweight Champion, David Haye, returned to the estate that he grew up on yesterday to open a children’s playground between two tower blocks in South London.
The newly landscaped garden and play area outside Burwash House on the Kipling Estate has been named 'The Haye' in honour of the Bermondsey-born boxer with hundreds of residents present to welcome David back to their estate.
The small baron space, between Burwash House and Mulvaney Way, was re-designed and transformed by three talented design graduates, May Safwat, Richard Knowles and Diego Ulrich.
The project aims to test whether making public areas more interesting and involving local people in the design, will make these areas less prone to vandalism and misuse. The work was funded by a grant from Southwark Council's Joint Security Initiative and carried out in partnership with Leathermarket JMB.
May, Ricky and Diego worked with JMB staff during one of the coldest spells of the year, to transform the area. Great work!!!