位于伦敦东南部的贝肯汉姆广场公园在7月20日重新向公众开放，作为英国首都最大的由议会持有的公园之一，它曾作为高尔夫球场使用了100多年。
Beckenham Place Park in south east London reopened to the public on 20 July as one of the capital’s largest council owned parks after being used as a golf course for over 100 years.刘易舍姆伦敦自治市希望改善公园设施，吸引更广泛更多样化的受众。BDP为此进行了设计，把96公顷的大型开放绿地重建为一个目的地公园，为整个社区打造一个真正意义上的无障碍设施。London Borough of Lewisham sought to improve the park’s facilities and attract a larger and more diverse audience. We produced the design to reactivate the 96 hectare large open green space as a destination park creating a fully accessible facility for the whole community.本项目的主要设计方面包括：改善出入口，引入覆盖站点的步行网络，修复庄园的外部景观至宅邸，改建成一个拥有果园、社区种植床和游乐区域的游乐场，恢复原有的格鲁吉亚湖作为整个公园的点睛之笔。这个12,000平方米的设施配有一个新码头，对公众开放野外游泳和其他水上活动。
The project’s key design aspects include improvement to the entrances and introduction of a site-wide footpath network, restoration of the external estate landscape to the mansion house, a pleasure ground including orchard and community planting beds and a play area and reinstatement of the original Georgian lake as the park’s jewel in the crown. This 12,000 sqm facility, complete with a new jetty, is open to the public for wild swimming as well as other water based activities.刘易舍姆市市长Damien Egan在开幕式上致辞：“当回望公园的过去三年，能看到惊人的转变......今年是公园成立的260周年，但这是它历史上第一次为整个社区开放。”
Damien Egan, Mayor of Lewisham who was at the opening said “When you look around the park over the last three years, the transformation you see is amazing … this is the 260th anniversary of the park, but it's the first time in its history that it's been open for the whole community.”负责本项目的BDP景观总监Mehron Kirk说：“看到公园能被这么多人使用真是太棒了。这是一个极富挑战性的项目，但是通过所有参与者的团队合作努力创造了这样一个供所有人享受的奇妙公园。”Mehron Kirk landscape director said: “It’s great to see the park being used by so many people. This was a challenging project but a great team effort between all involved to create such an amazing public park for all to enjoy.”开幕式恰逢为期一周的庆典节日，该节日标志着伦敦成为世界上第一个国家公园城市，伦敦市长倡议旨在使其首都更绿色、更健康。
The opening coincides with a week-long festival marking London becoming the world’s first National Park City, a Mayor of London initiative designed to make the capital greener and healthier.LOCATION：Beckenham, LondonCLIENT: London Borough of LewishamINTEGRATED SERVICES：landscape architecture, civil and structural engineering
