CLIP 6427
Europe's largest Grade 2 listed building, the Park Hill, Sheffield
Key Info
- Title: Europe's largest Grade 2 listed building, the Park Hill, Sheffield
- Description: Park Hill in Sheffield is a large council estate comprising nine hundred and ninety five flats. The structure was inspired by famous architect Le Corbusier. Dan Cruickshank, leading architectural and historic buildings expert shows us the structure and explains its history. We learn how each floor had broad aisles wide enough for milk floats and how the complex also incorporated a primary school and shopping precinct. Constructed of reinforced concrete combined with yellow, orange and red brick curtain walling it demonstrates “brutalist” modernism on a European scale. We are told that it was initially very popular and successful but then decayed over time into an inner city sink estate and what some described as a “muggers paradise” or “concrete prison”.
- Subject: Construction and The Built Environment Topic: Influences of Design
- Keywords: building, architectural, designing, influences, factors, process, principles, history, housing, aesthetic, economic, social, modern, council, CBE
Ideas for use in class
- It provides a good illustration of how an architect has influenced design principles through “brutalist” modernism. Following the clip students could be asked to consider how the size and composition of the community will influence the design of buildings and why a range of structures are designed in the way that they are. Explore the wider factors that need to be taken into consideration during the design process and apply their knowledge and understanding of exploring alternative design solutions. Historical and political elements including economic, social and aesthetic factors influencing the design process and how they have developed and changed over time.
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- Clip language : English
- Aspect ratio : 16x9
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