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Flow_W Prize 2014
Flow_W Prize 2014
London, United Kingdom
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Flow_W Prize 2014
London, United Kingdom
Type
YEAR
2014
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
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London’s place among the world’s leading global cities has already been affirmed. Entering the direct competition of elevated cities of our planet seems unnecessary. However, the construction of a much more vertical London has been accelerated importantly during the last few years. City’s skyline keeps changing radically, and finally becomes unbalanced, while many historical views of the city are being destroyed.
Learning from recent experiences of urban development in Middle and Far East, we should respond with punctual and precise human scale interventions into the city’s fabric, which are capable of re-qualifying citizens’ relation with their environment. In addition, people’s relation with sites of collective mythology is very important. The Tower of London is a perfect scenery where common memory, contemporary city, the river Thames and public space create a continuum.
Our intervention on this specific place is considered as a passage from the city to its roots. A thin surface, curved by the necessity to facilitate the access to the Tower, sets a contemporary frame to admire the monument through a new intimate public space. Its floor’s design is an interpretation of a link between the city’s skyline and the water, a very important element of the Tower’s landscape perception, as the moat will be completely re-filled with it. This is the city’s new stage of artistic installations. Crossing the almost hidden entrances, visitors find themselves in the internal core of the building. The structure of the ceiling impresses, and offers an exceptional interplay of light and shadow to the interior. A new cultural and event center emerges from the water, in constant dialogue with its environment, respecting the monument’s importance, and emphasizing its role as an ideal destination for culture, knowledge and exchange of ideas.
London’s place among the world’s leading global cities has already been affirmed. Entering the direct competition of elevated cities of our planet seems unnecessary. However, the construction of a much more vertical London has been accelerated importantly during the last few years. City’s skyline keeps changing radically, and finally becomes unbalanced, while many historical views of the city are being destroyed.
Learning from recent experiences of urban development in Middle and Far East, we should respond with punctual and precise human scale interventions into the city’s fabric, which are capable of re-qualifying citizens’ relation with their environment. In addition, people’s relation with sites of collective mythology is very important. The Tower of London is a perfect scenery where common memory, contemporary city, the river Thames and public space create a continuum.
Our intervention on this specific place is considered as a passage from the city to its roots. A thin surface, curved by the necessity to facilitate the access to the Tower, sets a contemporary frame to admire the monument through a new intimate public space. Its floor’s design is an interpretation of a link between the city’s skyline and the water, a very important element of the Tower’s landscape perception, as the moat will be completely re-filled with it. This is the city’s new stage of artistic installations. Crossing the almost hidden entrances, visitors find themselves in the internal core of the building. The structure of the ceiling impresses, and offers an exceptional interplay of light and shadow to the interior. A new cultural and event center emerges from the water, in constant dialogue with its environment, respecting the monument’s importance, and emphasizing its role as an ideal destination for culture, knowledge and exchange of ideas.
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