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Case Study / Skatepark Design

Skatepark design. Sketch to steel.

from paper to the skate floor.

The brief arrived as hand sketches. We turned it into seven park layouts in 3D for the client to choose from, modelled every ramp and box to size, then drew the welded steel frames sheet by sheet for the fabricator. The ramps are clad in sheet pressed from recycled plastic waste. The park is built and open.

Tools
SolidWorks / Sheet Metal
Layouts
7 Options in 3D
Panels
Recycled Plastic Sheet
Frames
Welded, Galvanised Steel
Skatepark design render: white riding surfaces on orange, purple and red ramps, yellow curbs, benches and skaters on a concrete slab in a park with trees

At a Glance

One park, drawn to be built.

7Park layouts modelled in 3D before anything was ordered
38Steel parts in the Wheelie Box, each with its own part number
4.5mLength of the Wheelie Box, the largest steel frame
19A3 sheets in its drawing set, from layout to cut list

Live 3D

Turn the real models.

All seven layout options from the project, coloured to match the built park. Pick a layout, drag to turn it, switch to Drawing for line work, or use Section to cut through the ramps.

Skatepark Layout D, 3D model preview

How It Was Built

Seven steps, one park.

The same route we take for any fabricated product: agree the layout in 3D, model each piece to size, then hand over shop drawings the fabricator can cut and weld from.

  1. 01

    The Brief

    It started on paper: hand sketches of the pieces the park needed, banks, boxes, a wedge, a stair box and an L-wall, each with rough sizes. No CAD, no drawings, just the idea.

    Hand sketch of three banks, small, medium and large, with sizes
    Hand sketch of a stair box with sizes
  2. 02

    Layout Options

    Seven layouts modelled in 3D, each on its real slab, from a walled 15 × 10 m plaza to a 40 × 40 m site. The client compared spacing, lines and the mix of elements on screen, and changed their mind for free, before anything went to production.

    Layout option A: a large platform with a quarter pipe, kickers and a funbox on an L-shaped slab
    Layout option B: four kickers inside a walled plaza
    Layout option C: kickers, a funbox, ledges and tables spread over a rectangular slab
    Layout option D: a quarter pipe, kickers, a funbox, tables and long yellow curbs
    Layout option E: street elements grouped on a pad and a large platform on a 40 by 40 metre site
    Layout option P1: a quarter pipe, a platform and street elements on a stepped slab
  3. 03

    Every Element to Size

    Each ramp modelled as its own solid, to real dimensions: a quarter pipe shown with a 1.78 m figure for scale, a 7 × 7 m wave ramp and a spine with steel coping along the ridge. The detail view shows how the pieces sit together on the slab.

    Quarter pipe in a walled plaza with a scale figure and a skateboard
    Wave ramp, 7 by 7 metres, white riding surface on an orange base
    Spine with galvanised steel coping on a concrete pad
    Close view of the park: kickers, a funbox and a bench, with skaters for scale
  4. 04

    Recycled Plastic

    The ramps are clad in boards made from plastic waste: mixed flakes pressed into solid sheets, then cut to size for each panel. Waste that would have gone to landfill becomes the park. The speckled panels in the renders show that material.

    A stack of recycled plastic boards in purple, red and orange flakes
    A sample of the recycled plastic board: black with blue, green, red and yellow flakes
    Sample / Recycled board
    Source
    Plastic waste
    Made As
    Flakes pressed into solid boards
    Fitted
    Cut to size for each ramp panel
  5. 05

    The Steel Frame

    Under the panels sit welded frames in hollow section steel. The Wheelie Box alone is 38 parts under 31 part numbers, in 7 sub-assemblies, 4.5 m long. Every piece was drawn for the fabricator: assembly sheets with a written weld sequence, cut lists with lengths, angles and hole positions, and a BOM for each assembly. See it part by part

    Wheelie Box steel frame render: galvanised frames with deck boards between them, on a workshop floor
    Wheelie Box frame from the other side, showing the welded grid underneath the deck
  6. 06

    Fabrication

    Cut and welded straight from the drawings, then galvanised, with the deck boards fitted in the workshop. No sketches on the shop floor, no guessing at lengths.

    Galvanised steel ramp frames with deck boards in the fabrication workshop
  7. 07

    On Site

    The finished park, installed and skated. The colours in the renders on this page are taken from these photos: white riding surfaces on purple, orange and red.

    The finished park: a purple mini ramp with a white riding surface and red boxes behind it
    Panorama of the installed skatepark with orange kickers, white banks and purple boxes

Part by Part

The Wheelie Box, broken down.

The steel model the drawings were made from. Turn it, press Explode to pull every tube and plate apart, then read the bill of materials and the sheets the fabricator built from.

Wheelie Box and Ramp Frames, 3D model preview
1DCM-OS-01Deck plates6 parts
  • 1.1DCM-PRT-01-001Plate, 14 mm, 2079 × 340
  • 1.2DCM-PRT-01-002Plate, 14 mm, 2398 × 340
  • 1.3DCM-PRT-01-003Plate, 14 mm, 340 × 295
  • 1.4DCM-PRT-01-004Plate, 14 mm, 865 × 340
  • 1.5DCM-PRT-01-005Plate, 14 mm, 2095 × 340
  • 1.6DCM-PRT-01-006Plate, 14 mm, 2398 × 340
2DCM-SS-01Upper frame, welded on top of item 312 parts
  • 2.1DCM-OS-02Weld frame: DCM-PRT-02, 05, 07 and 09, HSS 100 × 60 × 2
  • 2.2DCM-OS-03Weld frame: DCM-PRT-12 to 19, HSS 60 × 30 × 3, cut 143 to 4295 mm
3DCM-SS-02Lower frame20 parts
  • 3.1DCM-OS-04Weld frame: DCM-PRT-03, 04, 06 and 08, HSS 60 × 60 × 3 and 80 × 60 × 3
  • 3.2DCM-PRT-10Short member, 220 mm
  • 3.3DCM-PRT-11Short member, 220 mm
  • 3.4DCM-OS-05Mirror of DCM-OS-04: DCM-PRT-20 to 23
  • 3.5DCM-PRT-24Cross member, 60 × 30, 334 mm, qty 4
  • 3.6DCM-PRT-25Cross member, 60 × 60, 200 mm, qty 2
  • 3.7DCM-PRT-26Cross member, 60 × 30, 257 mm, qty 4

From the drawing set's top-level BOM: 38 parts, 31 part numbers, 7 sub-assemblies. Each frame is welded on its own, then the upper frame is stacked and welded onto the lower one.

What We Delivered

Everything the build needed.

One studio, from the first sketch to the last weld drawing: for the client who picks the layout, the shop that builds the frames and the crew that installs them.

  1. 01

    Layouts in 3D

    Seven park options on their real slabs, compared on screen before any steel was ordered.

  2. 02

    Element Models

    Every ramp, box, rail and bench as its own solid, to real dimensions, coloured to the built finish.

  3. 03

    Renders

    Presentation images of the park in its setting, for the client and for approvals.

  4. 04

    Assembly and Weld Drawings

    Assembly sheets with a written weld sequence for each steel frame.

  5. 05

    Part Drawings and Flat Patterns

    Single-part sheets with cut lengths and hole positions, and flat patterns for the laser.

  6. 06

    BOMs

    A bill of materials for every assembly, so the shop orders and cuts the right stock.

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