Breaking Boundaries - The Ashford Ring Road
Fact Sheet
Title of Project
Breaking Boundaries, the Ashford Ring Road Project
Artists
John Atkin; John Maine; Nayan Kulkarni; Simeon Nelson; Michael Pinsky
Commissioner
Kent County Council
Commenced
January 2006
Completed
Still ongoing
Location
Ashford Ring Road, Ashford, Kent
Scope
c. 2 miles of 4 – 6 lane highway and associated landscaping
Materials
Integrated design of street and landscape, including surface elements (stone, concrete etc), street furniture (stone, steel, wood), lighting (bespoke lighting columns in steel etc). Temporary projects including performance, found objects, bill posters, sheep.
Budget
The entire Ring Road project has a budget of £11.3 million. The public realm, within which the artists’ work is completely integrated, has a budget of £535,000 capital and £52,500 revenue.
Funding sources
Kent County Council
Ashford Borough Council
Department of Communities and Local Government
Channel Corridor Partnership
EU Interreg Programme
Arts Plus award (South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) and Arts Council England).
Summary Artists’ Brief
“Work collaboratively with the design teams engaged to develop detailed proposals for the transformation of Ashford’s ring road.”
Project Manager public art
RKL Consultants – Andrew Knight, Graham Roberts
Other Professionals
Whitelaw Turkington Landscape Architects
Babtie Engineers
Pinneger Lighting Design.
Contact for further information
Richard Stubbings, Kent County Council; [email protected]
Click here to visit the Kent County Council webpage on the project
Artist websites
John Atkin - www.johnatkin.net
Nayan Kulkarni – www.nkprojects.co.uk
Simeon Nelson - www.simeon-nelson.com
Michael Pinsky - www.michaelpinsky.com
Consultants
RKL - www.rkl-consultants.org.uk
Whitelaw Turkington - www.wtlandscape.com
Jacobs - www.jacobsbabtie.com
