{"id":3940,"date":"2026-02-13T15:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/?page_id=3940"},"modified":"2026-02-15T12:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:09:48","slug":"toolkit-hackathon-design-and-build-aspects-of-parks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/?page_id=3940","title":{"rendered":"Toolkit &#8211; Hackathon (design and build aspects of parks)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3940\" class=\"elementor elementor-3940\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d02cdc elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d02cdc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3db4628\" data-id=\"3db4628\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c0d7fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c0d7fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background: #466122; color: white;\">HACKATHON: DESIGN &amp; BUILD<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae9c5c9 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"ae9c5c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1831\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1831\" aria-expanded=\"false\">About<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1832\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1832\" aria-expanded=\"false\">How<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1833\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1833\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Why<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1831\" aria-expanded=\"false\">About<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1831\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1831\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3944 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hack_Outdoor-Crossword-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hack_Outdoor-Crossword-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hack_Outdoor-Crossword.avif 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Invites participant groups to get creative by designing\/building prototype aspects of parks, e.g. play equipment, that meets specific design criteria.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1832\" aria-expanded=\"false\">How<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1832\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1832\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HACK2-Brainstorming-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" \/><\/p><p>A project brief would be developed and advertised that would present a problem or goal relating to parks. Interested individuals would be invited to a workshop, either in person or online. Experts can be invited to explain the project remit and assist with any more technical aspects of a design. Participants would work to find creative solutions that meet the design criteria and would then present their ideas. Judging can then take place if this is to be undertaken as part of the workshop.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1833\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Why<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1833\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1833\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><div style=\"display: flex; gap: 1em;\"><p>Invites people to tap into their creative side, with a hands-on approach guided by experts in the field.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3950 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HACK-3-Pottery-Studio.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"127\" \/><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62279ae elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62279ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Overview of the Engagement Tool\/Innovation:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">This method invites participant groups to get creative by designing\/building<br \/>prototype aspects of parks, e.g. play equipment, that meets specific design criteria.<br \/>These designs are then judged by a panel with the best ones being chosen to be<br \/>further developed and\/or explored.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Role in decision-making:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">The Hackathon involves participants in problem solving within the design stage of a project. Participants are given the freedom to create different solutions and show how effective<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">their design could be.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e679b1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e679b1b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d22214\" data-id=\"7d22214\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6d9704 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6d9704\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b style=\"font-style: inherit; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">C<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">ollaboration<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: justify; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> \u2013 Brings together specialists from different fields to collaborate on a specific problem.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3714a09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3714a09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6e5bea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6e5bea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ba260f\" data-id=\"1ba260f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75237b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75237b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b style=\"font-style: inherit; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Informing<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: justify; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> \u2013 Participants are informed of the criteria for the design making it educative.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7702319 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7702319\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-118a4b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"118a4b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b57bf5\" data-id=\"7b57bf5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ed3736 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ed3736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Suitable for:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">This tool would be suitable for a variety of projects, ranging from small to large.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-edcc36a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"edcc36a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28e2117\" data-id=\"28e2117\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9eec20 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9eec20\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dce625e\" data-id=\"dce625e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-419546d\" data-id=\"419546d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3d046f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3d046f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Resources needed:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Equipment <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u2013 If undertaken via workshops, materials for designing, building and presenting items would be needed.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Time <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u2013 Time would be needed to prepare for and run the workshops, as well as undertake further investigations into potential designs that could be implemented.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Staff <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u2013 Staff would be needed for running and organising workshops.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e61552 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e61552\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7734cf2\" data-id=\"7734cf2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1862e0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1862e0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Formats:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: justify; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">In person <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u2013 Workshops could be held in person.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; 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font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Challenges:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li>The need for time limits could cause pressure and be counterproductive.<\/li><li>Access to suitable materials could be a challenge.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c4f48f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c4f48f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91df587\" data-id=\"91df587\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f3832c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f3832c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">Sources, good practice and case studies:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Jorg De Winne\u202f<em>et al.<\/em>\u202f(2020) \u2018The Soundscape Hackathon as a Methodology to Accelerate Co-Creation of the Urban Public Space\u2019,\u202f<em>Applied sciences<\/em>, 10(6), p. 1932. doi:10.3390\/app10061932.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\">\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-383250a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"383250a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-018d07c\" data-id=\"018d07c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3fac9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d3fac9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/?page_id=2224\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to Tool Finder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3ed749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e3ed749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to Project Research<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-858555a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"858555a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button style=\"background: #0B6700;\" onclick=\"window.print()\">Download PDF of This Engagement Tool<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ef5229 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4ef5229\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HACKATHON: DESIGN &amp; BUILD About How Why About Invites participant groups to get creative by designing\/building prototype aspects of parks, e.g. play equipment, that meets specific design criteria. How A project brief would be developed and advertised that would present a problem or goal relating to parks. 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