Design conscious developer, St James, and the internationally renowned, Royal College of Art, have announced the winner of the design competition for the new public realm at Albert Embankment.
The Multi-Use Public Space Competition, which launched last October (2015), is part of the RCA’s series of live projects where students work with industry sponsors to deliver architectural designs and install completed projects. The decision was reached after eight schemes were presented to a panel of judges, including representatives from the RCA, St James, Futurecity, Foster and Partners, Townshend Landscape Architecture, Lambeth Council and the GLA.
The winning entry, entitled ‘Pipe Up’, celebrates the heritage of the area, drawing on Lambeth’s historical potteries industry and the capital’s revolutionary approach to sanitation during the 19th century. It demonstrates outstanding creative thinking and an imaginative approach to public space as well as a particular focus on materiality which the judges applauded.
The concept, designed by a team of nine students undertaking the MA Architecture Programme, will take the form of a fragmented ceramic pipe, providing a variety of uses throughout the public realm, including places to read, sit and lie.
ADS6 students are: Aidan Hermans, Amir Afshar, Andres Souto Vilaros, Edward Crooks, Ellie Connolly, Elliot Rogosin, Magdalena Stadler, Niels Werner Hersmann, Sophie Grabiner