Anyone with an interest in Park Hill has probably had their say this week on the very colourful new additions to the building.
The original building, which was developed in the 1960s, featured distinctive brickwork. Constructed in four bright colours, each row of brick represented a ’street in the sky’ and ranged from plum, terracotta, beige and ivory. As the largest Grade II* Listed building in Europe it was really important that the redeveloped Park Hill retained this distinct element so that’s why we feel incredibly proud to have delivered something that emulates the original form.
Something we’ve also done is to flip the proportions around, changing the windows from two-thirds brick and one-third window in the original building to two thirds glazing and one third solid panel in the modern version, thus flooding the apartments with natural light. These panels are anodised aluminium, a fantastic material, that offers a fabulous sparkle and lustre, which alters in appearance depending on the light levels and the angle they are viewed from.
The most exciting achievement though is that for the first time people can see how the regenerated Park Hill will appear in the future – bright, bold and beautiful! Let us know what you think about the panels below or alternatively register your interest to find out more as the scheme progresses!
In a region where the architecture is; save for just a few exceptions; becoming increasingly homogeneous and uninspired, I am delighted to see there is progress at Park Hill.
I’ve seen in person and the use of such bright colours, to me, looks risky. They might indeed work, but their use seems to add further risk to what’s already acknowledged publicly as a risky project. The question is: Will these colours add or detract from the value of of the flats and draw in or push away new sales?
When seen in daylight, these colours really are very bright and currently, very, er, unpleasant to look at. I am not aware of other current / recent projects that have followed a theme as bright as this. To me, the design of the moment seems to be much dependant on natural or neutral colours and the use of bright colours hasn’t been seen in a while. That said, that’s just my non-researched opinion.
So, let’s see where this goes and see if it has the power to create a colour revolution. Hey, maybe Apple will start creating colourful mac computers again and all those white Audi A5s will be replaced with bright Yellow ones
All the best with the project
I had wondered for a while what was happening with these flats. I often saw them from Park Square roundabout and they certainly occupy an imposing position on the Sheffield landscape. I’m delighted they are being regenerated by Urban Splash and I’m sure you’ll do a job as good as those at Fort Dunlop and the Midland Hotel, Morecambe. The coloured panels look great and will add a modern vibrant touch to the concrete building but in keeping with the original design.