Sheffield
Tudor Square, sculptured seating and planters.
TUDOR SQUARE
NAME : Tudor Square
DATE : 2008 - 2010
CLIENT : Sheffield City Council
LOCATION : Sheffield
PARTNERS : In-house Landscape Team, National Conservation Centre - Liverpool, Johnson Wellfield Quarry, Baldock's Furniture.
Broadbent were commissioned by Sheffield City Council to work with their in-house landscape architecture team to influence the public realm design of Tudor Square, the cultural heart of Sheffield.
Sculptural planters and seating units were designed, influenced by the City’s industrial heritage and it’s remarkable natural landscape. The designs took on the natural forms of pebbles and boulders with distinctive carved markings and feature lines with tactile points of detail.
1:10 scale maquettes of the sculptures were produced and then a combination of 3D laser scanning, surfacing and digital modelling was used to scale up the maquettes and create a set of files, from which a 6-axis robot could mill the full-size sculptures in local stone by Johnson Wellfield Quarries. Broadbent also produced informal sculptural seats in the form of bronze pebbles cast in Sheffield, and bespoke seating sections for four of the large sculptural planters.
broadbent.studio/tudor-square/
See also:-
www.externalworksindex.co.uk/entry/118947/Stephen-Broadbe...
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Tudor Square, Sheffield - £1.38 million
Client: Sheffield City Council
Landscape Architect: Sheffield City Council
BALI Award: Hard Landscaping Construction,
Cost Between £300,000 - £1.5 million 2011
Background
Tudor Square has always been at the heart of Sheffield’s vibrant city centre, providing direct access to several of the city’s key buildings. The square hosts one of the largest temperate greenhouses of the last century, The Winter Garden, adjacent to which is the Millennium Gallery, an outstanding venue for the visual arts, craft and design. Famed for being the largest theatre complex outside of London, Tudor Square also boasts Sheffield’s oldest theatre, The Lyceum, as well as The Crucible, the venue for the World Snooker Championships since 1977.
The square is also one of the city’s major pedestrian through-routes from the train and bus stations giving direct access to the shops, theatres, bars and restaurants.
Our Role
The Landscape Group were appointed by Sheffield City Council to carry out extensive hard landscaping to this city centre public realm.
Works began by carrying out major mechanical and electrical works, which included a new drainage system along with new ducting as preparation for the new lighting scheme and water features. During this stage, all service diversions were carried out by The Landscape Group as part of the scope of works.
Extensive hard landscaping was carried out by the team, consisting of a series of module paving schemes using either granite or Yorkstone. Newly formed steps were also supported by a series of bespoke feature handrails.
The Landscape Group liaised closely with all contractors throughout the project. This included contractors that supplied M&E services and in particular the stone masonry contractor that supplied the bespoke Yorkstone pebble planters forming a main feature within the square.
Challenges
Carrying out this project in a live environment presented several challenges to the team. Because of the square’s many theatres, shops and bars, delivery schedules were put in place as to cause minimal disruption to the square users.
A concrete base was constructed throughout the square to ensure that articulated vehicles also had access to the area to carry out deliveries to local businesses. As part of this management, we put in place traffic management procedures to ensure the safety of the general public. Working within an environment which had numerous existing services, we carried out these works with great care and no disruption was caused to businesses.
thelandscapegroup.co.uk/studies/tudor-square,-sheffield
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Head of Steam Pub
103-107 Norfolk street, Sheffield
Sheffield & Hallamshire Savings Bank (former), 1858.
By Flockton & Son.
Grade II listed.
Head of Steam Public House (formerly the Old Monk).
Large, modern pub with a central bar, and plenty of seating. Serves real ales and a variety of lagers as well as cider, plus a large bottled range. Food is served most of the day.
Sheffield
Tudor Square, sculptured seating and planters.
TUDOR SQUARE
NAME : Tudor Square
DATE : 2008 - 2010
CLIENT : Sheffield City Council
LOCATION : Sheffield
PARTNERS : In-house Landscape Team, National Conservation Centre - Liverpool, Johnson Wellfield Quarry, Baldock's Furniture.
Broadbent were commissioned by Sheffield City Council to work with their in-house landscape architecture team to influence the public realm design of Tudor Square, the cultural heart of Sheffield.
Sculptural planters and seating units were designed, influenced by the City’s industrial heritage and it’s remarkable natural landscape. The designs took on the natural forms of pebbles and boulders with distinctive carved markings and feature lines with tactile points of detail.
1:10 scale maquettes of the sculptures were produced and then a combination of 3D laser scanning, surfacing and digital modelling was used to scale up the maquettes and create a set of files, from which a 6-axis robot could mill the full-size sculptures in local stone by Johnson Wellfield Quarries. Broadbent also produced informal sculptural seats in the form of bronze pebbles cast in Sheffield, and bespoke seating sections for four of the large sculptural planters.
broadbent.studio/tudor-square/
See also:-
www.externalworksindex.co.uk/entry/118947/Stephen-Broadbe...
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Tudor Square, Sheffield - £1.38 million
Client: Sheffield City Council
Landscape Architect: Sheffield City Council
BALI Award: Hard Landscaping Construction,
Cost Between £300,000 - £1.5 million 2011
Background
Tudor Square has always been at the heart of Sheffield’s vibrant city centre, providing direct access to several of the city’s key buildings. The square hosts one of the largest temperate greenhouses of the last century, The Winter Garden, adjacent to which is the Millennium Gallery, an outstanding venue for the visual arts, craft and design. Famed for being the largest theatre complex outside of London, Tudor Square also boasts Sheffield’s oldest theatre, The Lyceum, as well as The Crucible, the venue for the World Snooker Championships since 1977.
The square is also one of the city’s major pedestrian through-routes from the train and bus stations giving direct access to the shops, theatres, bars and restaurants.
Our Role
The Landscape Group were appointed by Sheffield City Council to carry out extensive hard landscaping to this city centre public realm.
Works began by carrying out major mechanical and electrical works, which included a new drainage system along with new ducting as preparation for the new lighting scheme and water features. During this stage, all service diversions were carried out by The Landscape Group as part of the scope of works.
Extensive hard landscaping was carried out by the team, consisting of a series of module paving schemes using either granite or Yorkstone. Newly formed steps were also supported by a series of bespoke feature handrails.
The Landscape Group liaised closely with all contractors throughout the project. This included contractors that supplied M&E services and in particular the stone masonry contractor that supplied the bespoke Yorkstone pebble planters forming a main feature within the square.
Challenges
Carrying out this project in a live environment presented several challenges to the team. Because of the square’s many theatres, shops and bars, delivery schedules were put in place as to cause minimal disruption to the square users.
A concrete base was constructed throughout the square to ensure that articulated vehicles also had access to the area to carry out deliveries to local businesses. As part of this management, we put in place traffic management procedures to ensure the safety of the general public. Working within an environment which had numerous existing services, we carried out these works with great care and no disruption was caused to businesses.
thelandscapegroup.co.uk/studies/tudor-square,-sheffield
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Head of Steam Pub
103-107 Norfolk street, Sheffield
Sheffield & Hallamshire Savings Bank (former), 1858.
By Flockton & Son.
Grade II listed.
Head of Steam Public House (formerly the Old Monk).
Large, modern pub with a central bar, and plenty of seating. Serves real ales and a variety of lagers as well as cider, plus a large bottled range. Food is served most of the day.