Park Hill Phase 2, Sheffield PARK HILL PHASE 2, SHEFFIELD Image credit: Urban Splash / Uniform LOCATION: SHEFFIELD Austin-Smith:Lord were appointed by Urban Splash in 2016 to design and CLIENT: URBAN SPLASH deliver the Landscape Design for Phase 2 of the Park Hill project, working COMPLETION: ONGOING closely with London based architects Mikhail Riches. VALUE: LANDSCAPE £1.2M Built between 1957 and 1961 by Sheffield City Council to replace slum SIZE: 1.5HA terraces, Park Hill is one of the most ambitious and iconic developments of its SERVICE: LANDSCAPE type, famous for its ‘streets in the sky’. The building covers an area of 17 acres SECTOR: RESIDENTIAL and contained around 1,000 flats. In total the whole estate covers 32 acres. CONTRACTOR: URBAN SPLASH LANDSCAPE: AUSTIN-SMITH:LORD Phase 2 is the continuation of Urban Splash’s redevelopment of the estate STRUCTURES: CIVIC ENGINEERS which began in 2007, following decades of decline. It will provide 200 new SERVICES:BEECHFIELD CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD homes and around 2,000m2 of mixed use commercial space, including COST CONSULTANT: BROADFIELD PROJECT offices, retail and cafes. MANAGEMENT Much of the original iconic landscape infrastructure is still present and in redeveloping the landscape a light touch will be employed, respecting and working with existing terrace levels and retaining as much of the original retaining wall infrastructure as possible, stripping away the tired 1980s and 90s interventions. The scheme includes comprehensive Public Realm improvements, creation of shared surface access routes, reorganising car parking, and the creation of a resident’s courtyard garden..