Sheffield Peace Gardens
Key Principles
- Creating a successful civic space
Details
Civic gardens located in the right place at the heart of Sheffield City Centre provide a successful green haven for city dwellers. Designed on the original site of the now demolished St Paul’s churchyard the Peace Gardens have been redeveloped into a popular and thriving destination.
Its location at heart of the city, surrounded by a mix of uses has given it the groundings for success. The adjacent Town Hall and Winter Gardens plus the nearby Millennium Galleries also provide the Peace Gardens with much life and activity.
Based on a comprehensive public consultation exercise the gardens incorporate fountains, seating, lawns and planting all set around 1.5m below street level providing containment and thus adding to the space’s haven like nature. This change in level also aids both acoustic and visual separation from the surrounding roads.
Artists were commissioned to produce works that would form an integral part of the gardens and echo Sheffield’s cultural heritage of industry and craft. These pieces from stone, metal and ceramic, along with commissioned street furniture, provide people of all ages and abilities with places for congregation or quiet reflection.
The Peace Gardens are part of Sheffield’s Heart of the City Project that comprises new urban spaces and new high quality architecture and have brought about a transformational change in the development of the city centre.
Other Information
- Location: Sheffield
- Project Team: Sheffield City Council. Developer - Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd - Management. Masterplanner - Sheffield City Council. Architect - Sheffield city Council, City Development Division in collaboration with Sheffield design and project management
- Contact: www.sheffield.gov.uk
