Hooke Park

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Hooke Park is a 142 hectare woodland in Dorset, England located near the town of Beaminster and within the Dorset National Landscape area. The site is designated as ancient woodland and historically comprised a deer hunting estate. An educational campus is located at Hooke Park that was developed by the Parnham Trust following its purchase of the site in 1983. Led by furniture designer John Makepeace a School of Woodland Industries was established that aimed to "research, demonstrate and teach the better use of forest produce".{{cite web |url=http://www.designermakers.org.uk/JohnMakepeace.html |title= |website=www.designermakers.org.uk |access-date=May 11, 2015}}{{title missing|date=May 2022}} The campus buildings demonstrate experimental timber construction techniquesJeffrey Cook. "[http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_p022/rmrs_p022_166_170.pdf Explorations of Roundwood Technology in Buildings]" (PDF). USDA Forest Service. Retrieved May 11, 2015. and include works by the late 2015 Pritzker Prize laureate Frei Otto,Jonathan Glancey. "[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/mar/13/frei-otto Frei Otto obituary]". Guardian Newspaper (London). 13 March 2015. Edward Cullinan and ABK Architects.

In 2002 ownership of Hooke Park was transferred to the Architectural Association School of Architecture who use the site for visiting and residential courses, including programmes in which students design and construct new campus buildings."[http://www.dezeen.com/2014/04/24/architectural-association-students-wood-shelter-lattice-roof Architectural Association students build woodland shelter with a twisting lattice roof]" Dezeen online magazine. Retrieved May 11, 2015. The Hooke Park woodland is renowned locally for its spring bluebellsColin Varndell. "[http://www.dorsetmagazine.co.uk/out-about/wildlife/the_fragrant_bluebell_woods_of_dorset_1_1865764 The Fragrant Bluebell Woods of Dorset]". Dorset Magazine. 19 April 2010. and is accessible through public rights-of-way. The estate's forestry is managed with the aim of researching new architectural applications for home-grown timbers."[http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Case-Study-22_SMcGW_ATC_Private_Hooke-Park.pdf/$FILE/Case-Study-22_SMcGW_ATC_Private_Hooke-Park.pdf Case Study 22 Hooke Park, Beaminster, Dorset] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123031829/http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Case-Study-22_SMcGW_ATC_Private_Hooke-Park.pdf/$FILE/Case-Study-22_SMcGW_ATC_Private_Hooke-Park.pdf |date=23 November 2015 }}" Forestry Commission. Retrieved May 11, 2015.