Earlier in the year the Company, with the support of a number of other construction related Livery Companies and the City Property Advisory Team of the C ity of London, instituted an architectural competition for the Design of a New Aldgate - a temporary landmark and entrance to the City of London. The structure is to be ready for the Olympic Games in 2012.
Over 90 Entries for the competition (run on behalf of the Company by the Architecture Foundation) were received from architects from round the world in early June. These were judged anonomously by a panel including Alderman Mike Bear; Achim Borchardt Hume, Chief Curator of the Whitechapel Gallery; The Master of the Company, Roger France; Sarah Ichioka, Dorector of the Architecture Foundation and Peter Murray, a Court Assistant of the Chartered Architects' Company and Chairman of New London Architecture.
Five schemes were shortlisted and these, along with a selection of the other schemes were exhibited at St Botolph's Church Aldgate from 18 June until 4 July. The Shrotlisted proposals illustrated here were:
'The London Gate' by DONIS (Netherlands)
'The Listening Posts' by Foster Lomas Ltd (UK)
'Aldgate to the World' by Juan Alfonso Galan Arquitecto (UK)
'Ceci n'est pas une maison' by NORMAL (Canada)
'Vertical Forest' by Sou Fujimoto Architects (Japan)
The winning proposal will be announced on 22 July and will receive a prize of £3,000.
Illustarated below (from the top):'The Listening Posts', 'Ceci n'est pas une maison'; 'Vertical Forest'; 'Aldgate to the World'; 'The London Gate'
Illustarated below (from the top):'The Listening Posts', 'Ceci n'est pas une maison'; 'Vertical Forest'; 'Aldgate to the World'; 'The London Gate'
Further details of the Competition can be found on: www.architecturefoundation.org.uk
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