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The designs are the product of an eight month consultation process, led by , Professor of Architecture and Urban Culture at , architect S酶ren Nordal Enevoldsen of SNE Architects and Rich Holland, architectural designer at .听

The designs, produced in dialogue with skateboarders, BMXers, free runners and street artists, provide a space that is inviting to the public but also protected from the weather, with a roof and access to power and lighting. Specially designed banks, ramps and ledges form a skateable terrain, while the bridge itself provides a 200m2 canvas for street artists.听

Skateboarding has, since the 1970s, been an integral part of the area, with the Southbank鈥檚 world-famous undercroft a centrepiece of its cultural heritage. Under plans for a large-scale refurbishment, the Southbank Centre has allocated 拢1million to create a new space for the skateboarders, 120 metres from the original site. This new space will see the future of skateboarding at the Southbank legally guaranteed for at least 120 years.听

Iain Borden, whose research centres around skateboarding and its creative reworking of cities said: 鈥淒esigned in the spirit of the existing space, the new space will be just as open in design and culture, which will see skateboarding continue to flourish at Southbank Centre.鈥�