Cockmuir Place street design project report - Sustrans

5sessions with
local schools
2 High School Workshops
Primary School Workshop
P6 Treasure Hunt
P6 Post Works Review
16 adults
149 children
Cockmuir Place is one of the main access routes to Greenwards Primary
School. As the residents identified, many of the issues that the street
experienced related to the large numbers of people passing through the street
on their way to and from school each day, with vehicles disproportionately
dominating the street. Elgin High School is also close to Cockmuir Place and
linked with a strong network of paths.
Nicola Atkinson encouraged pupils from Greenwards Primary School to create
their own hopscotch style games with chalk on the pavements in Cockmuir
Place. She developed this idea further and designed a permanent stepping
stone installation called ‘Invent a Game’. Nicola also worked with a group of
high school pupils to explore design ideas.
total attendance at all
school workshops
“
it’s really cool to do art
with something that’s
actually going to go down;
is actually going to happen.
It’s pretty cool.
”
- Pupil
Before the transformations to
the street took place, pupils
were given the challenge to
make sense of the designs and
understand what goes where
and why.
Pupils are now able to explain
to others why Cockmuir Place
feels safer to them and how this
was achieved.
Greenwards School’s gardening
club got their hands dirty and
a little scratched, helping to fill
the new planters with colourful,
interesting but hardy plants.
Involving pupils in the planting
has helped share the sense of
pride in the street beyond the
residents. This is a place that
everyone wants to look after.
Primary school pupils spoke
to a newspaper reporter at
the opening event, about
how they were involved in the
street design process and the
difference it has made to their
journey to school.
2. COMMUNITY - SCHOOLS WORK