1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
The goals of the project include:
To address rethinking the boundaries between urban spaces and nature. (ref1)
To be an example of ‘Water-Sensitive Urban Design’ which can use the landscape to solve urban flooding (ref 1).
Create a relaxing space in the urban environment, giving health and well-being benefits to local people through clean and healthy air in the middle of the city. (ref 1)
Creating a unique and versatile space. (ref 1)
The disused and derelict site transformed into new ‘smart’ eco-park (ref 1)
Love Square has become a valuable training and learning resource with a strong legacy, enabling young people from many backgrounds to interact with, develop, make and maintain a new garden (ref 5).
The scheme is transforming the corridor linking Riverside Business District and West Bar Square to the rest of the City centre with a strong emphasis on flood prevention. (ref 6)
Help to develop local businesses - like cafe made out of discarded shipping container, this will create employment (ref 6).
To address rethinking the boundaries between urban spaces and nature. (ref1)
To be an example of ‘Water-Sensitive Urban Design’ which can use the landscape to solve urban flooding (ref 1).
Create a relaxing space in the urban environment, giving health and well-being benefits to local people through clean and healthy air in the middle of the city. (ref 1)
Creating a unique and versatile space. (ref 1)
The disused and derelict site transformed into new ‘smart’ eco-park (ref 1)
Love Square has become a valuable training and learning resource with a strong legacy, enabling young people from many backgrounds to interact with, develop, make and maintain a new garden (ref 5).
The scheme is transforming the corridor linking Riverside Business District and West Bar Square to the rest of the City centre with a strong emphasis on flood prevention. (ref 6)
Help to develop local businesses - like cafe made out of discarded shipping container, this will create employment (ref 6).
Quantitative targets
Implement a 2000 metre square site garden with containing different types of wildflowers, edible and productive plants (ref 1)
Monitoring indicators defined
Size of the square (ref 1)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Implementation activities
Love Square, the innovative mobile eco-park proposed by Sheffield, will put a living garden back into the city by transforming a derelict site into a vibrant wildflower meadow teaming with wildlife. (ref 1) The footfall to and from Kelham Island is notable. There are 5,000 jobs locally created (ref 3).
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
Its is an innovative mobile eco-park that will put a living heart-shaped garden into the city by transforming a derelict site into a wildflower meadow teaming with wildlife. creating moveable and modular components in the park (ref1)
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Love Square will be an example of a new type of ‘smart’ -urban eco-park, combining nature and wildlife with artworks, social and activity spaces, and a year-round environment for people. rain garden will be an example of ‘Water-Sensitive Urban Design’: using the landscape to solve challenges of urban flooding and flash floods. (ref1)
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
