Wild Kingdom
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The Wild Kingdom
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The 'Wild Kingdom' is new natural playspace on Three Mills Green, Newham. The project was the first Olympic legacy project to be completed post-Games
We Made That with Free Play were announced as the winners of an open competition for a new playspace in Newham, run by the Architecture Foundation in Autumn 2011. The playspace was completed in Summer 2012, and is a Lee Valley Regional Park Authority project funded by The Legacy List charity and supported by the London Legacy Development Corporation.
Nestled between the new land forms of Three Mills Green, the 'Wild Kingdom' is a bizarre and fantastical landscape of play. Using felled trees, nets, ropes, pigmented concrete and planting to create seasonal variation, the site now provides opportunities for exciting and challenging play for local young people and visitors alike.
We Made That were also commissioned to deliver a programme of activation and engagement on the site which included workshops before, during and after the build to involve local communities in the development and creation of the space.
Data
- Begun: Jul 2012
- Completed: Sep 2012
- Floor area: 4,900m2
- Sectors: Landscape design, Public realm
- Total cost: £123,000
- Funding: Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, The Legacy List, London Legacy Development Corporation
- Tender date: May 2012
- Procurement: JCT Intermediate Contract with Contractor Design
- Address: Three Mills Green, Newham, London, E3 3DU, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: We Made That
- Client: Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, London Legacy Development Corporation, The Legacy List
- Play consultants: Free Play
- Quantity surveyor: Stockdale
- Play Safety: Childrens Play Advisory Service
- Main contractor: The Landscape Group
- Graphic Design: Europa
Suppliers
- Community Commissioning Suppliers: Building Crafts College
- Precast concrete: Concrete Bloc