Here we are once again, its Wednesdays TopSkips skip hire blog entry and time for the 3rd in our series of skip conversions by British designer Oliver Bishop-Young.
After a week in the pool and on the skate ramp, we're going to slow it down a little and go for a stroll in the park as this time Oliver has created a 'green space' inside a skip, come to think of it with almost 90% of the contents of our skips being recycled, you could say it's a green space in a green...space!
Anyway, over to Oliver...
"The urban landscape is dominated by cars and often lacking in green spaces. Building a park in the skip looks to address this. Skips are such good tools for claiming space in the city and sharing it with people, not cars; as demonstrated by my park in a skip on Brick Lane".
And why not, it seems there's plenty of takers for the park bench and even a bit of 'bench envy' from the chap standing, look at that disgruntled glance he's displaying; his favourite bench is taken, we've all been there.
As Oliver says "The idea was to bring some much needed grass to the area and provide a space for the public to rest on a reclaimed park bench".
A park bench in an urban setting; it's a great conversion and I bet the local hobo couldn't believe his luck!
Get hold of Oliver at olly@oliverbishopyoung.co.uk and Don't miss next Wednesdays skip conversion for an alternative solution to the problem of skip jacking!
