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Wormholt Park. Hammersmith, White City Levitt Bernstein

Hammersmith and Fulham Borough council parks department • Clean, green and award winning parks and open spaces • Community Plan priority of a cleaner, greener borough. Friends of Wormholt Park • Formed in April 2011. • Voluntary group of local people who either use the park or want to make it a better place. • Working in partnership with local residents and services. Levitt Bernstein Landscape and Urban Design Group are delighted to display our ideas for Wormholt Park. • Levitt Bernstein Landscape and Urban Design Group has a range of skills that covers holistically the design of the external environment from masterplanning, neighbourhood strategies, public realm projects to parks, gardens and play spaces. Shoreditch Park • We were appointed in September 2012 by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham for design of Improvements to Wormholt Park. Ocean Estate Ocean Estate WORMHOLT PARK - Who we are Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

• Vision • Work closely with Friends of Wormholt Park and other stakeholder groups • Improve facilities • Accommodate new building • At least 50% inclusive play • Address local needs/concerns - security • Aim: Green fmag status WORMHOLT PARK - The commision Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

WORMHOLT PARK - Context Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

Sport - 8% of total park area • Central open space well-used • Outdated play and sport facilities Play Area – 7% of total park area • Peripheral spaces less well used • Planting beds of varying quality • Security WORMHOLT PARK - The park now Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

• Friends of Wormholt Park • H&F consultation in 2010 Friends of London Borough Wormholt • Levitt Bernstein consultation 2012-2014 of Hammersmith Park and Fulham • Derrick Wright Chairman • Penny Brenan Client • Cathy Banks Market • Stefan Czeladzinski Ecology • Sarah Woodside Horticulture • David Page Director, Safer • Vanessa Hamilton Neighbourhoods General / Funding Park Users STAKEHOLDERS Police • Parks Police • Local residents • Families • Secure by Design • Dog walkers • Dominoes players Local Schools and Parents JAC Building • Sen Schools • NHS Inclusive Play Experts • Other Local Schools • Pendyre Prasad / Play Experts Landscape Projects Designers • Parents Active • New residents WORMHOLT PARK - Stakeholders & Consultation Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

Adventure playground Outdoor gym 7-12 yrs Running track Wildfmower meadow a d R o n y y o B r Boules, table tennis, dominoes Staff & patient garden - sensory planting Dog run beds Market space Bike track Resident’s garden - home Biodiversity buffer growing beds planting 2 - 9yr play (fenced) Bloemfontain Road Dog-free family Sawley Road space Muga (bastketball / 5 Tennis Football a-side) (astroturf) • Responds to new development • Improved facilities • Paths • Maximise open space • Retain/reorganise existing facilities • New facilities • Improved access • Additional trees & planting WORMHOLT PARK - Previous proposals 2013 Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

• Areas of Activity • Previous Landscape Proposals • Current Landscape Proposals WORMHOLT PARK Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

Sport - 8% of total park area NATURAL ADVENTURE Play Area – 7% of total park area EXISTING TREES GATE ENTRANCE INTERFACE AREA WORMHOLT PARK - New proposal Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

WORMHOLT PARK - The proposal Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

Inclusive play Open green space Central Broadwalk Sports Ecology Play Sensory touch play Colourful planting Natural Play in existing trees Sensory touch play Table tennis Ecological planting Maintain the existing green space Bituminous aggregate Water play Combination natural and Jogging Increase insect friendly plant Space for events surfacing colourful materials species IMAGE New park furniture Access to green space Sensory music play Tennis Insect-friendly log piles Market WORMHOLT PARK - Key concept Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

• 11 trees removed (Primarily due to poor health/ defects) • 100 trees kept • 50 new trees WORMHOLT PARK - Tree plan Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

• More planting beds – 80% increase • 140 plant & tree species proposed • 60 new species suggested by FOWP • Great performance plants • Removal and replacement of planting species WORMHOLT PARK - Planting Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

Feature planting Meadow grasses Shade tolerant Short grass bulbs Sensory nectar-rich Dense woodland edge Rose beds Sun tolerant WORMHOLT PARK - Planting Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

Wood Dragon Dragon Wood • Flagship inclusive play areas • At least 50% inclusive play • Natural play • Responding to the designs of local children and groups • Drawing on the history of the area: ‘Worm holt’ = ‘Dragon Wood’ • ‘Wood Dragon’ • ‘Dragon wood’ • Sensory garden WORMHOLT PARK - Play Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

• Younger children • 100% inclusive play • Dragon form • Safe, secure family environment • Water pump, swings, walkways, slide, climbing rocks, roundabout WORMHOLT PARK - Wood Dragon Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

• Older children • 75% inclusive play • Treetop walkway • Netting, rope walkways, platforms, slide, WORMHOLT PARK - Dragon Wood Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham

• 2x Tennis courts (can convert to netball) • 1x Basketball & 5 a side court • 0.5km perimeter running track • Dominoes table, table tennis, boules. WORMHOLT PARK - MUGA and Sports Levitt Bernstein | LB.Hammersmith and Fulham