MANNY PAD

MANNY PAD is a statement and experiment in the public space of Heerlen, the Netherlands. For more than ten years people have been skating and hanging out at SCHUNCK Glaspaleis, it's a cultural breeding ground for the youth. These last few years police and the restaurants around SCHUNCK Glaspaleis have been trying to stop the skaters, but they won't just leave, and never come back to their beloved place. The skaters of Heerlen have been asking for an outdoor skatepark for many years, they have been in newspapers, in articles, even in meetings with municipality but there still isn't an outdoor skatepark... So we asked ourself, what if we just build obstacles to skate, put them in the public space and see what happens. 

Build with: pandheerlen