What kind of design does a skate park have?

What kind of design does a skate park have?

With few exceptions, modern skatepark design features a mix of street and transition elements together without stylistic distinction or separation. The oldest parks, some nearing their 40 th birthday, were designed like swimming pools and ditches, as this was the terrain they were determined to recreate.

Are there any skateparks left in the UK?

A slew of commercial, concrete skateparks were built in the 1970s, but few survived beyond the 1980s. A rare survivor from 1978 is Rom in Hornchurch, UK. It’s a gritty and authentic skatepark experience.

Where was the first skatepark in the US?

The skater-built facility under the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon, is widely credited as being the first modern skatepark, but other cities quickly followed. These modern skateparks, unlike their predecessors from the 1970s and early ‘80s, were free to the public but the design style was similar to those first-generation parks.

What makes a skatepark a crash up Derby?

So, on one hand you have a skatepark with lots of rooms and high capacity, but little flow. On the other, you have a skatepark with lots of flow and everything’s connected, but it’s a crash-up derby. This is a principle challenge for the professional skatepark designer. There are two primary skateboarding disciplines when it comes to skateparks.

What happens to skateparks when the fad dies?

When the fad died, the skatepark could be easily dismantled. Fortunately (but unfortunately for those towns that bought prefabricated skateparks), skateboarding wasn’t a fad and these skateparks proved inferior, unpopular, and unable to withstand the rigors of daily use.

What should be the signature element of a skatepark?

Signature Element. Every skatepark should have a unique, “signature” element. It’s the one defining characteristic that skaters and, more importantly, non-skaters can use to identify the facility as a unique, one-of-a-kind facility.