Posted by jamie — 17 February 2010 at 12:50pm
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What would you build on our piece of land to stop the third runway?
Lordy. When we launched the Airplot fortress competition a few weeks ago, I don't think we were prepared for the sheer range of ideas we'd receive. We've had plenty of suggestions for forts of some kind, while others have trod an underground pathway with tunnels and bunkers, and others have gone fully 'outside the box', proposing bold and outlandish new design concepts.
Britain's leading architects are being invited to enter a competition to
design an impenetrable fortress to be built on the land earmarked for a third
runway at Heathrow.
The fortress
will be constructed at the centre of the site in west London where airport
operator BAA hopes to construct a £7bn runway and sixth terminal. An illustrious
panel of celebrities and leading architects has been assembled to judge the
entrants and select a winner. Construction will begin as soon as possible after
the winning design is announced, unless the runway plans are
dropped.
Ever since we bought our piece of land on the site of the proposed third runway at Heathrow, we've been receiving suggestions for what to do with it. We've already sunk our roots into it by establishing an allotment and planting an orchard, but now we want to go one step further and for that we want to get your ideas. Watch the video above for more details, and read on for the full lowdown on how to enter the competition.
Peter Clegg Senior Partner MA(Cantab) MEnvD RIBA, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Peter Clegg established Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with Richard Feilden in 1978. Educated at Cambridge and Yale, he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Bath.
The
closing date for all entries is 5.30pm on Friday 23 April 2010. That
includes postal entries so make sure you get yours in on time. Only one
entry per person.
Entries
must be either:
Up
to two A3 pages of designs by post;
One
or more JPEG files totaling no more than 2MB in size by email;
up
to 500 words can accompany the designs to provide further explanation,
but you don't have to.
We
can't accept any other form of entries, including models (although you can
send us pictures of them.).