WBA Heavyweight world champion David Haye to open new landscaped area for Kipling Estate
6 July 2010
WBA Heavyweight world champion David Haye is to open the new landscaped area on the Kipling Estate Weston Street, SE1 at 6pm on Tuesday 6 July.
The landscaping work is the result of a partnership between Leathermarket JMB and the London Communication College, based at the Elephant & Castle. The work is funded by a £22,000 grant from Southwark Council’s Joint Security Initiative programme.
The area was a windswept and unloved area between two 20-storey tower blocks - Simla House and Burwash House. The plan was to test whether making public areas more interesting and involving local people in the design will make these areas less prone to vandalism and misuse.
Three design students (now graduates) May Safwat, Ricky Knowles and Diego Ulrich came up the design.
When there wasn't funding to pay for someone else to do the work, May, Ricky and Diego worked with JMB staff, during one of the coldest spells of the year, to transform the area.
The event is open to everyone, where you can come and see the results for yourselves.