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Co-Sponsor comments:
Andrew Blevins, Managing Director - Liberty Property Trust UK (formerly Rouse Kent)
Liberty Property Trust UK, developer of Kings Hill, Kent is creating a self sustaining environmentally sensitive mixed use community for the 21st century.
Kings Hill is masterplanned to provide low density business space, high quality residential villages, retail, sports and leisure together with pre-school, primary and higher education facilities. The provision of social/soft infrastructure is an important element of the Kings Hill masterplan and a developing arts strategy has been actively pursued accordingly. The public art commissioned for Kings Hill contributes to the sense of place.
“As part of our developing arts strategy, we have found public art a vital building block in creating a strong sense of place and community at Kings Hill. By using public art as part of a highly acclaimed environment, we aim to encourage employees at Kings Hill to feel a sense of pride about their workplace, which in turn contributes to staff retention”, says Andrew Blevins, Managing Director of Liberty Property Trust UK. “
Sarah Maxfield, Former Head of Cultural Development Unit - Kent County Council
Kent County Council's Cultural Development Unit works to stimulate positive change in the local economy and educational achievement and in communication through the arts across the county of Kent. It works in partnership with the public, private and voluntary sectors to promote access to a range of opportunities in the arts for all Kent residents.
The County Council recognises that sensitive, well-planned public art development can play an important role in enhancing the urban, suburban and rural environment of Kent. Public art can give a sense of identity, inject a feeling of local pride, transform empty spaces, relieve urban sprawl, help to increase tourism by improving environments for visitors and have a positive effect on economic regeneration by stimulating activity in town centres and beyond.
“The partners who first came together to promote the Award in 1994 have seen a real growth in the quality and quantity of public art in Kent, stimulated by this award.”
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