Sutcliffe Play announces series of summer seminars
Leading playground equipment designer and manufacturer,
Sutcliffe Play, is to run a series of ‘Genius Loci’
seminars to address the current issues which challenge and confront
play providers today.
The first seminar will be on 11 June in Dublin, hosted by
Sugradh, the IPPA (the Early Childhood Organisation) and Allplay.
This will be followed by seminars in Belfast (June 12), Wakefield
(July 10) and Cardiff (July 18). Autumn dates in London and
Edinburgh are to be confirmed.
Not for the faint hearted, attendees should prepare to
challenge and be challenged!
Managing Director of Sutcliffe Play, Robin Sutcliffe, said:
“In Roman mythology a genius loci was the protective spirit
of a place, often depicted as a snake. Now it usually refers to a
location’s distinctive atmosphere and is the foundation for
one of the principles of landscape architecture – that
designs should always be adapted to the context in which they are
located.
“This should equally be applied to play spaces and forms
the background to this series of seminars.”
Hattie Coppard will be the first of the day’s speakers.
Hattie is a Director at Snug and Outdoor and has extensive
experience in designing imaginative projects for schools and public
places. She will challenge the current design for play with
“Nature is all very well
but…”
Hattie will be followed by Noel Farrer, landscape architect,
CABE Enabler and Director of Farrer Huxley Associates – a
London practice specialising in the development of meaningful,
quality spaces for people to enjoy and play. He will look at public
realm space and asks “Who needs standards
anyway?”
Bernard Spiegal, Principal of PLAYLINK, will then address the
issue of consultation with a talk titled
“Consultation – stop it, please, stop
it!”
The final talk of the morning will by given by Robin Sutcliffe
of Sutcliffe Play. He will state his case with
“What’s your problem with fixed play
equipment?”
The seminars, which cost £50 (€70 for Dublin) will
include lunch and a CPD certificate of attendance.
For details on how to book a place e: lisad@sutcliffeplay.co.uk or
t: 01977 653200.