studytrip
London
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So why London? London is is the capital in England and
is the biggest city in Britain and in Europe. The city was
founded 43 years BC and occupies over 620 square
miles. London has a population of 8 174 000 (2012).
London is not characterised by any particular architectural style, having accumulated its buildings over a long
period of time. Few structures predate the Great Fire of
1666, with notable exceptions including the Tower of
London, Westminster Abbey, Banqueting House and
several scattered Tudor survivors in the City of London.
The City itself contains a wide variety of styles, progressing through Wren’s late 17th-century churches and the
financial institutions of the 18th and 19th century such
as the Royal Exchange and the Bank of England, to the
early 20th century Old Bailey (England and Wales’ central
criminal court) and the 1960s Barbican Estate. Notable
recent buildings are the 1980s skyscraper Tower 42, the
Lloyd’s building with services running along the outside of
the structure, and the 2004 Swiss Re building, known as
the “Gherkin”.
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The River Thames flows through London. London was
the first city in the world to have an underground railway,
known as the ‘Tube’. There are over 100 theatres in
London, including 50 in the West End. London theatre
accounts for 45% of all UK theatre admissions and over
70% of box-office revenues.
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One of the world’s most visited cities, London has
something for everyone: from history and culture to fine
food and good times.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
London is as much about wide-open spaces and
leafy escapes as it is high-density, sight-packed
exploration. Central London is where you will find the
major museums, galleries and most iconic sights, but
visit Hampstead Heath or the new Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park to escape the crowds and view the city’s
greener hues up close. Or venture even further out to
Kew Gardens, Richmond or Hampton Court Palace for
excellent panoramas of riverside London.
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DIVERSITY
This city is very multicultural, with a third of all Londoners
foreign born, representing 270 different nationalities.
What unites them and visitors alike is the English
language, for this is both our tongue’s birthplace and its
epicentre. These cultures season the culinary aromas on
London’s streets, the often exotic clothing people wear
and the music they listen to. London’s diverse cultural
dynamism makes it among the world’s most international
cities. And diversity reaches intrinsically British institutions
too; the British and Victoria & Albert Museums have
collections as varied as they are magnificent, while
flavours at centuries-old Borough Market now run the full
gourmet and cosmopolitan spectrum.
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A tireless innovator of art and culture, London is a city of
ideas and the imagination. Londoners have always been
fiercely independent thinkers (and critics), but until not so
long ago people were inherently suspicious of anything
they considered avant-garde. That’s all in the past now,
and the city’s creative milieu is streaked with left-field
attitude, from theatrical innovation to contemporary
art, pioneering music, writing and design. Food in all its
permutations has become almost an obsession in certain
circles.
TIME TRAVEL
London is immersed in history, with more than its share of
mind-blowing antiquity and historic splendour. London’s
buildings are eye-catching milestones in the city’s unique
and compelling biography, and a great many of them –
the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben – are
familiar landmarks. There’s more than enough innovation
(the Shard, the London Eye, the planned Garden
Bridge) to put a crackle in the air, but it never drowns
out London’s well-preserved, centuries-old narrative.
Architectural grandeur rises up all around you in the West
End, ancient remains dot the City and charming pubs
punctuate the banks of the Thames. Take your pick.
Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/england/
london#ixzz3lEDfATBU
Source: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/england/london
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The River Thames, for centuries it’s been a much of
a London landmark as any of the city’s man-made
structures. A major trade route and lifeblood for early
Londoners, here are a few facts and figures about that
river that you may not have known.
The River Thames is approximately 346 km (or 215 miles)
long.
Two-thirds of London’s drinking water comes from the
River Thames. It is said that a drop of rain falling into the
Thames at its source in the Cotswolds will be drunk by at
least eight people before it flows into the Thames Estuary.
be suspended. This event was called “The Great Stink”
and it led parliament to act in creating a sewer system for
London, much of which is still in use today.
The Thames has been the inspiration for many artists.
French Impressionist Claude Money painted the river
three times, his most famous painting being “The Thames
Below Westminster”. Kenneth Grahame was inspired
to write “The Wind in the Willows” from the Thames and
lived in the Village of Pangbourne on the river’s banks.
Over 200 bridges cross the river. The first was built in
London by the Romans almost 2000 years ago, near to
the spot where London Bridge is now.
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King Henry II commissioned the first London Bridge,
with work beginning in 1176 A.D. He dedicated it to
his friend and political opponent, Thomas a’Becket, the
Archbishop of Canterbury. Many buildings were erected
on the bridge, totaling 200 by the Tudor Dynasty, with
some buildings reaching seven stories high and jutting
out seven feet onto the river on either side.
Much of the city’s waste was dumped into the River
Thames before Sir Joseph Bazalgette built London’s
sewer system in 1865. In 1858, the stench from all the
sewage in the river was so bad that Parliament had to
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http://londontopia.net/site-news/featured/10-random-facts-figuresriver-thames-probably-didnt-know/
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SOhostel
91 Dean Street
London
England, W1D 3SY, Storbritannia
223 10 547
Phone 0208 821 5154
Email info@sohostel.co.uk
Getting there Nearest Tube Station is
Tottenham Court Road
from Waterloo to Limehouse
student hostel
Sohostel is just a 4 minute walk from Tottenham Court
Road tube station. Simply follow Oxford Street west for
about 200m and turn left into Dean Street. You’ll find Sohostel 100m on the right hand side of the road. Leicester
Square, Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Street Tube Stations
are all within 10 minutes’ walk – we really are in the centre
of Soho, London
http://www.sohostel.co.uk/contact-sohostel/
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hub by Premier Inn Covent Garden
hub by Premier Inn London Covent Garden Hotel
91 110 St Martin’s Ln
London WC2N 4BA
Phone +44 333 321 3104
Getting there Nearest Tube Station is
Leicester Square 4min, Charing Cross 4 min
or Picaddilly Circus 8 min
teacher hotel
hub by Premiere Inn is just a 4 minute walk from Leicester
Square and Charing Cross tube station.
Located in St Martin’s Lane, the heart of London’s theatreland and life is a cabaret, a comedy, a musical and much
more.
Check in: 14:00
Check out: 12:00
https://www.hubhotels.co.uk/london/covent-garden.html
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tuesday 13th
wednesday 14th
0900
Sackler Crossing
Meeting in SoHostel
1000
Serpentine Pavilion
1100
Battersea Power
Station
AA School of Architecture
1200
13/09-16/09 program
Tube to Olympic
Stadium
1300
Lunch
Lunch
1400
Free Trade Wharf
Ol Arena
1500
The Shard
Swimming arena
1600
Extension of National Museum
Tube to
Canary Wharf
Station
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thursday 15th
Meeting in SoHostel Meeting in SoHostel
South Bank:
Jubelee Gardens
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Center
Royal National Theatre
The Shed
Shakespear Globe
Tate Modern
Neo Bankside
Lloyd’s Building
Millenium Bridge
Lunch - The Banker Pub
The Banker
One New Change
St Pauls Cathedral
Barbican
Dinner
2000
Musical?
Alexandria Road
Estate
Camden Lock
Camden Channel
Lunch
Pancras Station
Pancras Square
Dinner - Near Barbican
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Chanel 4 Building
Gormley Studio
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Granary Square
Idea Store
weekend
(Tate Modern)
British Museum
Coin Gate Street
Neighbourhood
Soan Museum
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projects & guiding
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Serpentine Pavilion
Free Trade Wharf
Royal National Theatre
Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre
AA School of Architecture
The Shard
Extension of the National Maritime Museum
Canary Wharf Tube Station
Southbank Center
Royal Festival Hall
London Eye
Jubelee Garden
The Barbican
Millenium Bridge
Chanel 4 Televison
Camden Lock
Lloyd’s Building
Village Underground
David Chipperfield Pancras Square
David Chipperfield Gormley Studio
Granary Square
Queen Elisabeth Olympic Park
London Aquatics Centre
One New Cange
St. Pauls Cathedral
Battersea Power Station
Neo Bankside
Sohan Museum
Economist (Smithson)
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OXO Tower Wharf
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AA School of Architecture
Architectural Association School of Architecture
36 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3ES
We maybe
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Program Education
a guide?
Size 6 300 sq m
The Architectural Association School of Architecture in
London, commonly referred to as the AA, is the oldest
independent school of architecture in the UK and one of
the most prestigious and competitive in the world. Its wideranging programme of exhibitions, lectures, symposia
and publications have given it a central position in global
discussions and developments within contemporary
architectural culture.1)
Having been founded in 1847, the AA opened as a day
school in 1901 and moved to Bedford Square in 1917.
The school that originally occupied 34–35 Bedford Square
now inhabits 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 Bedford Square
– the entire sweep captured in the image above, and 4
and 16 Morwell Street (behind Bedford Square) too.2)
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The ten-building campus is placed in Bedford Square
which is a garden square in the Bloomsbury district of the
Borough of Camden in London, England. The square was
built between 1775 and 1783 as an upper middle class
residential area, the square has had many distinguished
residents, including Lord Eldon, one of Britain’s longest
serving and most celebrated Lord Chancellors, who lived
in the largest house in the square for many years. The
square takes its name from the main title of the Russell
family, the Dukes of Bedford, who owned much of the land
in what is now Bloomsbury.
Bedford Square is one of the best preserved set pieces of
Georgian architecture in London, but most of the houses
have now been converted into offices.3)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_Association_
School_of_Architecture
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http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/AASCHOOL/
BEDFORDSQUARE/bedford.php
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Square
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Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Always
open. Check
program
online!
4 Stable St, London N1C, Storbritannia
2012
Architect Townshend Landscape Architects
Program Public Square
Getting there Nearest tube station is Kings
Cross or London St Pancras International
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, in London, United Kingdom, is a sporting complex built for the 2012 Summer
Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics, situated to
the east of the city adjacent to the Stratford City development. It contains the athletes’ Olympic Village and several
of the sporting venues including the Olympic Stadium
and London Aquatics Centre, besides the London Olympics Media Centre.
The park is overlooked by the ArcelorMittal Orbit, an
observation tower and Britain’s largest piece of public art.
It was simply called Olympic Park during the Games but
was later renamed to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee
of Elizabeth II, (though it is not an official Royal Park of
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London). The park occupies an area straddling four east
London boroughs; Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney
and Waltham Forest. Part of the park reopened in July
2013, with a large majority of the rest (including the
Aquatics Centre, Velopark and Orbit observation tower)
reopening in April 2014.
The park was designed by the EDAW Consortium (including EDAW and Buro Happold), working with Arup
and WS Atkins. The park was taken over by LDA Design
in conjunction with Hargreaves Associates and in collaboration with Arup and Atkins.
London’s Olympic and Paralympic bid proposed that
there would be four indoor arenas in the park in addition
to the main venues, but the revised master plan published in 2006 reduced this to three, with the volleyball
events moved to the Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The
remaining indoor arenas are the Basketball Arena and
the Copper Box, in addition to the Water Polo Arena, the
Aquatics Centre, and the Velopark. The final design of the
park was approved by the Olympic Delivery Authority and
its planning-decisions committee.
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London Aquatics Centre
Opening
hours:
6:00 - 22:30
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Stratford
London
2012
Architect Zaha Hadid
Program Public Aquatics Centre
Getting there Nearest tube station is Kings
Cross or London St Pancras International
The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two
50-metre swimming pools and a 25-metre diving pool
in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at Stratford, London,
it was one of the main venues of the 2012 Summer
Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. The centre
was used for the swimming, diving and synchronised
swimming events. After significant modification the centre
opened to the public in March 2014.
It was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha
Hadid in 2004 before London won the bid for the 2012
Summer Olympics. The centre was built alongside the
Water Polo Arena, and opposite the Olympic Stadium on
the opposite bank of the Waterworks River. The site is 45
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metres high, 160 metres long and 80 metres wide. The
wave-like roof is stated to be 1,040 m2, a reduction from
the previously stated 3,300 m2. The design was inspired
by the Dollan Aqua Centre in East Kilbride, Scotland.
The complex has a 50m competition pool, a 25m
competition diving pool and a 50m warm-up pool. The
50m pool is 3 metres deep, like the one in the Beijing
National Aquatics Center, in order to be fast. Its floor can
be moved to reduce the depth. There are also moveable
booms that allow its size to be changed. The diving pool
has platform boards at heights of 3m, 5m, 7.5m and 10m
and three 3m springboards. For the television coverage of the Olympics, the pools were also equipped with
innovative cameras in order to present the action from
multiple angles.
Because the centre was designed before the Olympic bid
was completed, the spectator wings were not part of the
original design. They were later added to fit the estimated
audience.
Jacques Rogge, IOC President, described the Centre as
a “masterpiece”.
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Canary Wharf tube Station
visit on
Tuesday
Underground station in East London
Canary Wharf, London
1990-1999
Architect Norman Foster & Partners
Program Underground Tube Station
Size 31 500 sq m
Getting there Walk to Tottenham CR ->
Northern Line to Waterloo -> Jubilee Line to CW
Canary Wharf is a London Underground station on the
Jubilee line, between Canada Water and North Greenwich.
Over 40 million people pass through the station each year,
making it second busiest on the London Underground
outside Central London after Stratford, and also the
busiest that serves only a single line.
The tube station was intended from the start to be the
showpiece of the Jubilee Line Extension, and the contract
for its design was awarded in 1990 to the renowned
architect Sir Norman Foster. It was constructed, by a
Tarmac Construction / Bachy UK Joint Venture,[5] in a
drained arm of the former dock, using a simple “cut and
cover” method to excavate an enormous pit 24 metres
(78 ft) deep and 265 metres (869 ft) long. The size of the
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interior has led to it being compared to a cathedral, and it
has even been used to celebrate a wedding. However, the
main reason for the station’s enormous dimensions was
the great number of passengers predicted; as many as
50,000 daily. These predictions have been outgrown, with
as many as 69,759 on weekdays recorded in 2006.
The 300-metre-long station is built within the hollow of the
former West India Dock using cut-and-cover construction
techniques. At ground level, the station roof is laid out
as a landscaped park, creating Canary Wharf’s principal
recreation space. The only visible station elements are the
arcing glass canopies that cover its three entrances and
draw daylight deep into the concourse.
There are several other stations on the Jubilee line that
are designed by famous architects, e.g. Westminster tube
Station.
(http://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/canary-wharfunderground-station)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Wharf_tube_station)
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Meeting in SoHostel 09:00
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Walk to Tottenham Court Road Underground
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Underground to Waterloo
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South Bank
1 Jubelee Gardens
2 Royal Festival Hall
3 Southbank Center
4 Royal National Theatre
5 The Shed
6 Shakespear Globe
7 Tate Modern
8 Neo Bankside
9 Millenium Bridge
10 The Banker
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12 One New Change
13 St Pauls Cathedral
EBarbican
14 Finsbury Square
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Royal National Theatre
Monday to
Saturday,
9.30am
-11pm
South Bank Lambeth
1976
Architect Sir Danys Lasdun
Program Theatre, Theatre Workshops
and Courses, Bookshop, Restaurant/Café
Getting there 30 minutes walking from Soho
or Bus 139 from Piccadilly Circus
The Royal National Theatre (generally known as the
National Theatre) in London is one of the United Kingdom’s
three most prominent publicly funded performing arts
venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and
the Royal Opera House. Internationally, it is known as the
National Theatre of Great Britain.
From its foundation in 1963 until 1976, the company was
based at the Old Vic theatre in Waterloo. The current
building was designed by architects Sir Denys Lasdun
and Peter Softley and structural engineers Flint & Neill and
contains three stages, which opened individually between
1976 and 1977. It is located next to the Thames in the
South Bank area of central London.
The theatre presents a varied programme, including
Shakespeare and other international classic drama; and
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new plays by contemporary playwrights. Each auditorium
in the theatre can run up to three shows in repertoire, thus
further widening the number of plays which can be put on
during any one season.
The riverside forecourt of the theatre is used for regular
open-air performances in the summer months. The
terraces and foyers of the theatre complex have also
been used for ad hoc experimental performances. The
National Theatre’s foyers are open to the public, with a
large theatrical bookshop, restaurants, bars and exhibition
spaces.
Backstage tours run throughout the day and the Sherling
High Level Walkway offers visitors views into the backstage
production workshops for set construction and assembly.
Sir John Betjeman - english poet and writer - a man not
noted for his enthusiasm for brutalist architecture, was
effusive in his praise and wrote to Lasdun stating that he
“gasped with delight at the cube of your theatre in the pale
blue sky and a glimpse of St. Paul’s to the south of it. It is a
lovely work and so good from so many angles...it has that
inevitable and finished look that great work does.”
The carefully refined balance between horizontal and
vertical elements in Lasdun’s building has been contrasted
favourably with the lumpiness of neighbouring buildings
such as the Hayward Gallery and Queen Elizabeth Hall.
It is now in the unusual situation of having appeared
simultaneously in the top ten “most popular” and “most
hated” London buildings in opinion surveys.
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Queen Elizabeth Hall: vary
Hayward Gallery: 11am to
7pm
Royal Festival
Hall: 10am –
11pm
Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road, South Bank of River
Thames
1951
Architect Sir Robert Matthew
and Dr Leslie Martin
Arts complex concert halls, galleries restaurants, bars, cafes and shops
Getting there boat - stops at Festival Pier
(St Katherines Pier), tube - waterloo, embarkment and charing cross,
Southbank Centre is Europe’s largest centre for the arts.
The Centre is located on the South Bank of the River
Thames, and comprises the Royal Festival Hall, Queen
Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, and the Hayward Gallery. It
shares the site with the National Theatre, the National Film
Theatre and the new Museum of the Moving Image.
Architecture: The Southbank Centre was built in 1951
as part of the Festival of Britain. The centre has been
continuing to expand and develop. Several extentions,
restorations and refurbishments have been executed
throughout the years.
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1948: Plans are announced by the Labour Government to
hold the Festival of Britain. It is to be a “Tonic to the Nation”
following the ravages of the Second World War. A new
concert hall is to be built amidst the temporary domes and
pavilions of the Festival, to be a permanent centre for the
musical life of London.
1949: Royal Festival Hall is built, seating 2,900 people,
an orchestra of 100 and a choir of 250. It includes several
other functions as foyers, bars and restaurants. Designed
by Sir Robert Matthew and Dr Leslie Martin, the building
is of modernist style. Listed Grade 1 of protected building.
1967: The Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room are
built as additions to the Southbank Centre arts complex.
The concert halls seat 917 and 372 people. Designed by
Hubert Bennett, with Jack Whittle, F.G West and Geoffrey
Horsefal, the halls are an example of brutalist architecture.
1968: Hayward Gallery is built. It consists of five gallery
spaces, and was initally designed together with the Queen
Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room additions. With its massing
and extensive use of exposed concrete construction, it
is a clear example of brutalist architecture. Designed by
Norman Engleback, with Ron Herron and Warren Chalk.
The Gallery was remodelled with a larger foyer in 2003,
designed by the Haworth Tompkins architectural practice.
(http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk and Wikipedia)
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The Barbican
Luxury Riverside Residential Development
340 The Highway
1965-182
Program housing, comersial, culture
Size 2100+ homes, 2 schools, church, lakes,
gardens, walkways, monuments, sports center
& international arts center.
Mon - Sat:
9am - 11pm
Sun: 11am 11pm
Getting there London Underground stations:
Barbican, St Paul’s and Moorgate
A maze of 21 residential blocks and a world-renowned
arts centre, London’s Barbican was designed as a radical
solution to urban living.The Barbican is Europe’s largest
multi-arts and conference venue presenting a diverse
range of art, music, theatre, dance, film and creative
learning events. It is also home to the London Symphony
Orchestra.
The Barbican Estate is a residential estate built during the
1960s and the 1970s in the City of London, in an area
once devastated by World War II bombings, and today
densely populated by financial institutions. It contains, or
is adjacent to, the Barbican Arts Centre, the Museum of
London, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the
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Barbican public library and the City of London School for
Girls, forming the Barbican Complex.
The Barbican Complex is a prominent example of British
brutalist architecture. It is said to be “the most complete
piece of utopian planning in London”2.
The architects were very radical, inspired by Le Corbusier
and modern utopian thinking. It is centrally located in
London, but creates a small escape from the bustling city
life with beautiful gardens and pools.
When walking around with a specific goal in mind one
should follow the yellow line, or you can just get lost
between gardens, buildings, streets and pools.
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https://www.barbican.org.uk/
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Millennium Bridge
Thames Embankment,London
09.06.2000
Every day,
all the time.
Architect Arup, Foster & Sir Anthony Caro
Size 320m * 4m
Getting there From Southwark to the City,
Next to the Shakespeare Globe theatre and the
Tate modern
The Millennium Bridge, is a steel suspension bridge
for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London,
linking Bankside with the City of London. It is located
between Southwark Bridge and Blackfriars Railway
Bridge. It is owned and maintained by Bridge House
Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London
Corporation. Construction began in 1998 and it initially
opened in June 2000.
Londoners nicknamed the bridge the “Wobbly Bridge”
after pedestrians felt unexpected swaying motion. The
bridge was closed later on opening day and, after two
days of limited access, it was closed for almost two years
while modifications were made to eliminate the motion. It
reopened in 2002.
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The southern end of the bridge is near the Globe theatre,
the Bankside Gallery, and Tate Modern, the north end next
to the City of London School below St Paul’s Cathedral.
The bridge alignment is such that a clear view of St Paul’s
south façade is presented from across the river, framed by
the bridge supports.
The design of the bridge was the subject of a competition
organized in 1996 by Southwark council and RIBA
Competitions. The winning entry was an innovative
“blade of light” effort from Arup, Foster and Partners,
and Sir Anthony Caro. Due to height restrictions, and to
improve the view, the bridge’s suspension design had
the supporting cables below the deck level, giving a very
shallow profile.
The bridge’s movements were caused by a ‘positive
feedback’ phenomenon, known as synchronous lateral
excitation. The natural sway motion of people walking
caused small sideways oscillations in the bridge, which
in turn caused people on the bridge to sway in step,
increasing the amplitude of the bridge oscillations and
continually reinforcing the effect.[6] On the day of opening,
the bridge was crossed by 90,000 people, with up to
2,000 on the bridge at any one time.
http://www.fosterandpartners.com
https://fr.wikipedia.org
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Lloyd’s building
1 Lime St
1986
Architect Richard Rogers
Program commercial, corporate headquarSize 30,000 square metres
Getting there see the map
After the completion of Centre Pompidou in 1977 with
Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers was commissioned to
design a new building to replace the original Lloyd’s
insurance building in London. Similar to Centre Pompidou
the Lloyd’s building is designed “inside outv.” All of the
service functions are removed from the interior and placed
at the exterior of the building. This not only allows for easy
replacement and maintenance on the elevators, plumbing,
or electrical facilities, but it frees up the interior to create an
open and flexible plan that allows for uninterrupted activity
on each level.
With the open spatial planning, the interior is capable of
being reconfigured on a moment to moment basis with
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partition walls that can subdivide each floor and create
new and interesting spaces. Similar to Centre Pompidou
the Lloyd’s building is designed “inside out.” All of the
service functions are removed from the interior and placed
at the exterior of the building. This not only allows for easy
replacement and maintenance on the elevators, plumbing,
or electrical facilities, but it frees up the interior to create an
open and flexible plan that allows for uninterrupted activity
on each level.
The Lloyd’s of London building consists of three main
towers-each attached to their own service tower-that
are concentrically oriented around a 60 meter atrium at
the heart of the building. Each floor acts as a gallery
overlooking the atrium; however, only the first four floors
are open to the atrium whereas the rest are enclosed by
glass panels.
The entire building is wrapped in stainless steel giving the
building a high-tech, almost post modern, aesthetic. The
streamlined façade juxtaposed to the mechanical and
service functions on the exterior evoke the technological
advances of its construction, as well as express the building’s
main focus on functionality. The aesthetic appears to have
an almost unfinished quality to its construction; Roger’s
even left the cranes from the construction on the top of the
building as a decorative feature to the building, but their
presence suggests insight into the modern aesthetic as
well as creating a place for the Lloyd’s of London building
within architectural modernism.
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One New Change
Opening
hours :
10.00-19.00
London, United Kingdom
2010
Architect Jean nouvel & Sidell GibsonJean
nouvel Architects
Program Retail, offices, public spaces
Size 51 500 m2
Getting there 50m from st. pauls chatedral
The rebuilding of the block bounded by New Change,
Cheapside, Bread and Watling streets must enrich the
entire neighbourhood. There are questions to answer: how
do we complete the existing system of shopping streets?
How do we build next to Saint Paul’s Cathedral in a way
that pays homage and is in dialogue? How do we create
a roof façade, worthy of being viewed from the Dome, an
attractive, sober, roof landscape that is “in its place” in
harmony with the surrounding rooftops?
The development of offices and shops should be urbane
and welcoming, creating a calm animation that will keep
the area lively into the night and on weekends.
The present scheme is a development of an initial proposal
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in which a new street bisected the site, beginning as a
covered passageway at the intersection of Cheapside and
Bread Street and opening a view to the Cathedral Dome.
The new concept starts from the principle that there
should be passageways within the block to link Cheapside
with Watling Street and Bread Street with New Change
and bringing about continuity with Bow Bell’s church yard.
Theses passages create a crossroads at the center of the
block. The ambition is to create 21st century arcades,
the heritage of arcades like Burlington and Picadilly, and
then magnify the importance of the crossing by means of
an architectural sign linking them to Wren’s Saint Paul’s.
The sign takes the form of a steel sphere beneath open
sky that reflects the image of the Cathedral. The sphere
creates light drawing attention from the entrance to each
passage.
The shops and offices are organized around the arcade
crossing, where there is also a panoramic lift giving direct
access to the roof terrace. The materials of the exterior
facades set up a dialogue with the neighbouring buildings
and with Saint Paul’s. They are matte and smooth; their
colours echo the surrounding stone and brick facades.
Shininess is reserved for the inner passages. The contrast
between matte exterior and polished interior stimulates
the desire to enter and explore a new quarter that
demonstrates the changing of the city.
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www.Jeannouvel.com
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Meeting in SoHostel 09:00
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Walk to Tottenham Court Road Underground
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Underground to St. James Park London
1 Chanel 4 Building
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Underground to Swiss Cottage (Victoria Line)
2 Alexandria Road Estate
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Underground to Camden Town
3 Camden Lock
4 Camden Channel
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Underground to Kings Cross
Lunch - Dishoom Godown
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5 Pancras Station
6 Gormley Studio
7 Pancras Square
8 Granary Square
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Underground from Kings Cross to Aldgate East
9 Idea Store
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Camden Lock
open
10am – 6pm
Camden Lock Market, Chalk Farm Road,
Camden, NW1 8AF
1820 (1972)
Architect James Morgan, John Nash
Program old timber yard, now market hall
Getting there Northern Line: Camden Town
500m down the road
In 1972 Camden Lock was opened by Northside
Developments Ltd as the original arts and crafts market; a
makeshift collective of workshops and traders set against
a rich industrial heritage. The early development revolved
simply around the old wooden sheds and cobbled yards.
As the first Market in Camden, it immediately stood out
from London’s other markets for its eclectic mix, and soon
attracted the vital group of entrepreneurs and artists that
first generated the Camden Town ‘buzz’.
The Camden Lock you see today was once T.E. Dingwalls
timber yard. Timber was unloaded from large river barges
to the smaller narrow boats that plied the inland canals of
Britain. As more efficient forms of transport grew the canals
began to decline, and the site closed in 1971 signalling the
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end of an era, but the beginning of another.
For young artists, the Lock studios offered a new
opportunity to rent a space where they could sell their
work, and for customers the chance to see their goods
being made – a rare thing in modern London. Goods are
still designed and made on-site today and studios are
open to the customers.
During the 1980s Camden Lock’s vitality began to spread.
Shops up to Camden Town Tube Station, which were
previously let at peppercorn rents, began to become
very desirable. Camden Lock didn’t stand still either.
1991 saw the opening of the Market Hall, a glass-roofed
arcade designed to merge with the surrounding Victorian
architecture that met with high praise from the architectural
press. In 1999 the Market Hall was extended, and in 2003
the East Yard was covered with a Victorian-styled steel
and glass canopy. Also in 2003 the West Yard wharf,
one of the original areas first redeveloped in the 1970s
was further opened up and refurbished, and the first floor
walkway extended to form a terrace overlooking the wharf.
Today Camden Lock stays true to its original principles
and attracts both Londoners and visitors from all parts of
the globe, eager to come face-to-face with some of the
capital’s most creative people.
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http://www.camdenlockmarket.com/about/
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David Chipperfield Pancras Square
1 Pancras Rd
London N1C 4AG
2008-2013
Program Office Building
Architect David Chipperfield Architects
Size 8,200 m²
Getting there Nearest tube station is Kings
Cross or London St Pancras International
This office building is located on the south side of the King’s
Cross mixed use redevelopment, between King’s Cross
and St Pancras stations. Design work began in February
2008 and the building was completed in November 2013.
The brief called for an office building with narrow (20m x
46m) footprint and a maximum height of 38m above street
level. Situated on a new public square, the volume is visible
from all sides calling for a strong visual identity. The design
expresses strong tectonic horizontal and vertical elements:
concrete floorplates extend beyond the building’s envelope
while 396 cast iron columns emphasise and articulate the
rhythm of the façades, adding character and depth, and
recalling traditional post and beam structures. The columns
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stand clear of the rainscreen on the south façade, defining
balconies on the upper floors giving the building a clear
‘front’ towards the urban square. On the other façades,
the columns are engaged and form part of the envelope
on the upper floors. Cast by a foundry in Halifax with a
surface pattern of woven straps, the columns are both a
reminder of the site’s industrial past and a nod to Gottfried
Semper’s theory about the role of weaving in the evolution
of man-made structures.
On the ground floor, the façade is recessed to form a
double height colonnade defined by the freestanding iron
columns, providing a sheltered public area and access to
the ground floor on all sides. The main entrances are on the
east and west façades, leading into a double height lobby
lined with Italian black marble at ground level and white
polished plaster above. A pair of central cores provides the
main structure and defines the internal arrangement for
the eight storeys of column-free office space, maximising
flexibility for tenants and accessibility for staff and visitors.
Each office floor measures 655m2 with a further 55m2
balcony and a generous floor to ceiling height of 3.2m.
The top floor is articulated as a ‘crown’ for the building,
with a taller floor to ceiling height, and a building plant
occupying the north end of the building. The ground floor
accommodates two commercial units and an entrance to
the Underground on the north-east corner.
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http://www.davidchipperfield.co.uk/project/one_pancras_square
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David Chipperfield Gormley Studio
Opening
hours?
Vale Royal 15-23, London
Buildt 2001 - 2003
Architect David Chipperfield Architects
Program Studio for artist Antony Gormley
Size 1 000 m²
Getting there 15-20 minutes walk north along
York Way from the tube staion King’s Cross St
Pancras
The studio of the English artist Antony Gormley is centrally
located just north of London’s Kings Cross station amid
warehouses and rail yards. Attempting to create light
and open spaces for the diverse and specific ways in
which the artist works, the building provides studio space
for drawing, painting, sculpting, welding, casting and
photography.
A former Turner Prize winner, Antony Gormley is an
artist whose work has been exhibited in museums and
as installations around the world. He has created some
of the most ambitious and iconic sculptural works of the
past decades, including Field, The Angel of the North, and
Quantum Cloud. The sculpture undertaken by Gormley
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is often industrial in both its scale and the method of
its creation. It requires the participation of numerous
assistants and, in many cases, the involvement of external
manufacturers and foundries. This modus operandi is
reflected in the size and complexity of this purpose-built
studio. In addition to a large cavernous space, allowing for
the manoeuvring of heavy works by mean s of pulleys and
winches, the studio required a range of smaller spaces
including offices for administration, a photographic studio,
workshops, a green room, storage and two distinct private
studios where the artist can develop projects.
The new building is a robust structure that reflects the
neighbouring industrial vernacular by creating a seven-bay
structure distinguished by the proportions and placement
of the openings in its façade. Skylights span much of the
length of the pitched roofs that cover each bay, providing
bright and evenly dispersed light. Access to the studio
building is across a large yard at the rear of the site. Two
external galvanised steel staircases provide direct access
to the upperlevel spaces at either end of the main doubleheight studio. The staircase to the right of the central studio
is detached from the elevation and ascends onto a small
terrace area, accentuating the relationship between the
forecourt and the building.
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http://www.davidchipperfield.co.uk/project/gormley_studio
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Granary Square
Always
open. Check
program
online!
4 Stable St, London N1C, Storbritannia
2012
Architect Townshend Landscape Architects
Program Public Square
Getting there Nearest tube station is Kings
Cross or London St Pancras International
The canalside heart of King’s Cross is London’s newest
square and one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Central to the King’s Cross master plan, Granary Square is
the largest of the public spaces on the site, roughly equal
in size to Trafalgar Square. This open space is adjacent to
the historically listed Granary building, originally designed
by Lewis Cubitt in 1852, and was once the historic location of a canal basin used by canal boats to moor and to
unload their goods. The building has now been refurbished by Stanton Williams Architects and is home to the
University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins.
Granary Square was envisaged to be an active heart to
the site, a pivot point into which people crossing over the
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canal from the south will arrive before dispersing to the
north and east. Even with a large proportion of the overall
site yet to be developed, it has become an exciting and
popular new destination for London, winning a Camden
Planning Award for best new public space in 2014.
The square is animated with over 1,000 choreographed
fountains – each individually controlled and lit. The fountains are spectacular, especially by night. All around the
square are historic buildings giving the space atmosphere
and character. There’s always activity here, if the weather
is fine, then kids love to splash and play in the fountains.
Wide, south-facing steps sweep down to the canal – this
is the ideal spot to sit and watch the boats slip by. In the
warmer months, the steps are carpeted in green, and
often stage events and installations.
There are several popular restaurants in the area.
Caravan and Grain Store are here, joined recently by
specialist tea shop Yum Chaa and just around the corner
is Indian eatery, Dishoom. If the weather’s fine, then you
can watch the goings-on from the outdoor terraces. Or if
it’s a quick bite you’re after, then the Benugo Van serves
great coffee, sandwiches, salads and cakes.
http://www.kingscross.co.uk/granary-square
http://www.townshendla.com/projects/granary-square-kingscross-62/
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Alexandra Road Estate
PUBLIC
SPACE
Rowley way
Completed in 1978
Architect Neave Brown
Program housing
Size 520 Unit
Getting there South Hamstead station
The Alexandra Road estate is a housing estate in the
London Borough of Camden, North West London, England.
It was designed in 1968 by Neave Brown. Construction
work commenced in 1972 and was completed in 1978.
It is constructed from site-cast, board-marked white,
unpainted reinforced concrete. Along with 520 apartments,
the site also includes a school, community centre, youth
club, heating complex, and parkland.
The desire to control the sound and vibration from passing
trains was a major consideration in the layout of the estate.
Two rows of terraced apartments are aligned along the
tracks. The higher, eight-story block directly adjacent to
the railway line is organised in the form of a ziggurat, and
acts as a noise barrier, and its foundations rest on rubber
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pads that eliminate vibration. A lower, 4-storey block runs
along the other side of a continuous pedestrian walkway. A
public park with play areas is defined between the second
and a third row of dwellings.
The lower 4-storey building along Rowley Way contains
maisonettes with shared access, terraces, and gardens
over-looking the park at the rear. Maisonettes also occupy
the top two levels of the larger 8-storey building opposite,
with entrance from a walkway on the 7th floor that runs
the entire length of the structure. Dwellings in the lower
floor in this block are entered from open stairs serving two
dwellings per floor. The flat roofs of the stepped elevation
provides private outdoor areas for every home. Garage
parking is located beneath the building, and underneath
the building at the rear alongside the railway tracks.
The estate received much criticism during and after its
construction because of its very high cost. However, it has
suffered less vandalism than many Camden estates, and
it was granted Grade II* listed status on 18 August 1993,
the first post-war council housing estate to be listed. It
was described by Peter Brooke, then Heritage Secretary,
as “one of the most distinguished groups of buildings in
England since the Second World War.”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Road_Estate
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other projects to explore
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Sir John Soane’s Museum
Tuesday to
Saturday,
10.00 - 17.00
Last entry at
16.30.
13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London
Program Museum
Collection Size 45,000 objects, approx.
30,000 architectural drawings
Getting there Nearest tube station is Holborn
Sir John Soane’s Museum was formerly the home of
the neo-classical architect Sir John Soane. It holds
many drawings and models of Soane’s projects and the
collections of paintings, drawings and antiquities that he
assembled.
Soane demolished and rebuilt three houses in succession
on the north side of Lincoln’s Inn Fields. He began with
No. 12 (between 1792 and 1794), externally a plain brick
house. After becoming Professor of Architecture at the
Royal Academy in 1806, Soane purchased No. 13, the
house next door, today the Museum, and rebuilt it in two
phases in 1808–09 and 1812.
In 1808–09 he constructed his drawing office and
“museum” on the site of the former stable block at the
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back, using primarily top lighting. In 1812 he rebuilt the
front part of the site, adding a projecting Portland Stone
facade to the basement, ground and first floor levels and
the centre bay of the second floor. Originally this formed
three open loggias, but Soane glazed the arches during
his lifetime. Once he had moved into No. 13, Soane rented
out his former home at No. 12 (on his death it was left to
the nation along with No. 13, the intention being that the
rental income would fund the running of the Museum).
After completing No.13, Soane set about treating
the building as an architectural laboratory, continually
remodelling the interiors. In 1823, when he was over 70,
he purchased a third house, No. 14, which he rebuilt in
1823–24. This project allowed him to construct a picture
gallery, linked to No.13, on the former stable block of No.
14. The front main part of this third house was treated as
a separate dwelling and let as an investment; it was not
internally connected to the other buildings. When he died
No. 14 was bequeathed to his family and passed out of
the Museum’s ownership.
The Museum was established during Soane’s own lifetime
by a Private Act of Parliament in 1833, which took effect
on Soane’s death in 1837. The Act required that No. 13 be
maintained ‘as nearly as possible’ as it was left at the time
of Soane’s death, and that has largely been done.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Soane’s_Museum
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Serpentine Pavilion 2015
Open
10am - 6pm,
Tuesday - Sunday.
Last day of
exhibition is
Oct.18th
Serpentine Galleries
Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park
2015
Architect selgascano
Program Summer pavilion/cafe
Getting there Nearest tube stations:
Lancaster Gate or Marble Arch
Main bus routes: 148, 274, 390, 94
Over the past 15 years the Serpentine Pavilion has become
an international site for architectural experimentation,
presenting inspirational temporary structures by some of the
world's greatest architects. A much-anticipated landmark
in London each summer, the Pavilion is one of the top-ten
most visited architectural and design exhibitions in the world.
Spanish architects selgascano designed the 15th
Serpentine Pavilion. The award-winning studio, headed
by José Selgas and Lucía Cano, is the first Spanish
architecture practice to be asked to design the temporary
Pavilion on the Serpentine’s lawn in London’s Kensington
Gardens. In keeping with the criteria of the scheme, this
is the studio’s first new structure in the UK. The Pavilion
is an amorphous, double-skinned, polygonal structure.
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consisting of panels of a translucent, multi-coloured
fluorine-based polymer (ETFE) woven through and wrapped
like webbing. Visitors can enter and exit the Pavilion at
a number of different points, passing through a ‘secret
corridor’ between the outer and inner layer of the structure
and into the Pavilion’s brilliant, stained glass-effect interior.
The architects describe their design:
“When the Serpentine invited us to design the Pavilion,
we began to think about what the structure needed to
provide and what materials should be used in a Royal
Park in London. These questions, mixed with our own
architectural interests and the knowledge that the
design needs to connect with nature and feel part of the
landscape, provided us with a concept based on pure
visitor experience. We sought a way to allow the public
to experience architecture through simple elements:
structure, light, transparency, shadows, lightness, form,
sensitivity, change, surprise, colour and materials. We have
therefore designed a Pavilion which incorporates all of these
elements. The spatial qualities of the Pavilion only unfold
when accessing the structure and being immersed within
it. Each entrance allows for a specific journey through the
space, characterised by colour, light and irregular shapes
with surprising volumes.” ... “We are also very much aware
of the Pavilion’s anniversary in our design for the 15th
annual commission. The structure therefore had to be –
without resembling previous Pavilions – a tribute to them all
and a homage to all the stories told within those designs.”
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Village Underground
Opening
hours:
DEPENDS ON
EVENT
54 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch
London EC2A 3PQ
+44 (0) 20 7422 7505
Architect Renovated Warehouse
Program multi-purpose event space
Getting there Shoreditch High Street, Old Street and
Liverpool Street stations
Village Underground is an evolving project across several
countries building an international platform for creativity
and culture. Part creative community, part arts venue,
Village Underground is a non-profit space for creativity and
culture in the heart of East London.
The main Village Underground centre is housed in a
renovated turn-of-the-century warehouse primed for
everything from concerts and club nights to exhibitions,
theatre, live art and other performances.
High above Great Eastern Street, atop the venue, four
recycled Jubilee line train carriages and shipping containers
make up the creative studios of Village Underground.
These uniquely renovated spaces accommodate up to 50
artists, writers, designers, filmmakers, VJ’s, and musicians
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working side-by-side in a creative community.
Village Underground is an ecological project. From
recycled trains and shipping containers, to reclaimed
sleepers, staircases, furniture and flooring, we believe in
reusing before recycling. All studios are virtually carbon
neutral. Our electricity is supplied by Ecotricity - 100%
green energy from wind turbines. The living roof increases
biodiversity, dampens concert noise, reduces urban heat,
absorbs carbon emissions and provides insulation, cutting
fuel consumption and minimizing environmental impact.
Village Underground was born of the need for affordable,
environmentally stable studio space for artists in central
London.
Originally we explored several sites for the project, but the
Broad Street Rail Viaduct stole our hearts. Built in 1848,
the viaduct had been derelict for over 20 years and had self
seeded into a meadow with trees and wildlife. Along with
the viaduct, we negotiated with Hackney Council to also
take over the then severely derelict Victorian warehouse.
Where better to start a cultural centre than a place whose
previous incarnations include a railway coal store, a music
hall, and an eighteenth century theatre?
The main renovations took place over the course of a year,
just in time for our opening April 2007.
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Highgate Cemetery House
Elliot House
Swain’s Lane London N6
Architect Elridge Smerin
Program Residential
Getting there Nearest tube station is Holborn
London-based architects Eldridge Smerin have completed
a house overlooking a cemetery in London, UK. The fourstorey house replaces one designed by architect John
Winter in the 1970’s and uses the footprint of the original
building.
The house has two distinct facades: the side facing the
cemetery is mostly glazed, while the street-facing elevation
is fabricated from black granite, translucent glass and
black steel panels. The roof features a large rooflight; glass
floor panels admit light to the lower floors.
The existing house dating from the 1970’s was designed
by noted Architect John Winter and sat next to Highgate
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Cemetery, London’s greatest Victorian cemetery. Although
the site offered spectacular views over the cemetery,
Waterlow Park opposite and the city skyline beyond,
replacing a John Winter house is a decision not taken
lightly.
When Eldridge Smerin had investigated options for either
retaining the corroding steel structure or for replacement,
it was clear that to restore the Winter house would
have required complete reconstruction and would have
compromised the greater potential for a new house on
such a unique site.
The resulting new house is located on the footprint of the
existing house. It is set over four floors with a generous
proportion of living to bedroom space including balconies,
terraces and a sizable sliding glass rooflight enabling the
top floor to become an open-air court. The new house is
an additional storey higher than the previous one and is
conceived with two strongly contrasting faces.
To the street a sheer façade of honed black granite,
translucent glass and black steel panels set flush to one
another echoes the massiveness of the cemetery wall.
This gives the house an air of mystery and intrigue whilst
also making reference to the monumental masonry of the
cemetery.
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http://www.dezeen.com/2008/10/20/house-by-eldridge-smerin/
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Free Trade Wharf
Luxury Riverside Residential Development
340 The Highway
1980s
Architect Holder Mathias Alcock
Program housing
Size 200+ flats
Getting there Tube DLR
from Waterloo to Limehouse
The present development stands between The Highway
and the River Thames, and is adjacent to King Edward VII
Memorial Park. It is on the site of the busy warehouses,
owned by the East India Company
Historically the site lay within the Hamlet of Ratcliffe, in
Stepney. It is now in the Borough of Tower Hamlets. The
Highway was formerly the notorious Ratcliffe Highway, a
rough crime-ridden slum area.
The old disused warehouses were bought in 1977 by the
Inner London Education Authority, for a site for City of
London Polytechnic. When this plan was abandoned, the
land was acquired by Regalian Homes; the developers of
the SIS Building.
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Designed by architects Holder Mathias Alcock, the first
phase of Free Trade Wharf was built in the 1980s, and
the first flat sold in the 1987. It is described as having
“dramatic ziggurat-style terraces” and has often been
called ‘The Lego Development’ because of its shape.
Subsequently the two adjoining “listed” warehouses,
which were originally used by the East India Company to
house saltpetre, were converted into flats in the second
phase of the development.
Within Free Trade Wharf there are 1, 2 or 3 bedroom flats.
Terraces and balconies in each apartment offer striking
views across the river, towards the City of London and
Canary Wharf. Unlike many other developments, no two
flats have the same internal layout.
An on-site Leisure Centre provides a gym, swimming pool
and sauna for the benefit of residents and their guests.
Unique among Docklands riverside flats, Free Trade Wharf
boasts a spacious and beautifully peaceful landscaped
garden with direct access to the Thames Path.
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http://www.free-trade-wharf.co.uk/
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The Shard
Open
10am - 10
pm
Location Joiner Street
Year 2012
Architect Renzo Piano
Program mixed
Size 110,000 m2
Getting there By Tube / Train. Entrance is on
Joiner Street which leads to: London Bridge
Underground Station (Nortern and Jubilee
line services) London Bridge Main Line Station (Via The Vaults) Tooley Street St. Thomas
Street
rently the joint 92nd tallest building in the world and the
fourth tallest building in Europe and the tallest building in
European Union. It is also the second-tallest free-standing
structure in the United Kingdom, after the concrete tower
at the Emley Moor transmitting station. The glass-clad
pyramidal tower has 72 habitable floors, with a viewing
gallery and open-air observation deck on the 72nd floor,
at a height of 244.3 metres (802 ft). It was designed by
the Italian architect Renzo Piano and replaced Southwark
Towers, a 24-storey office block built on the site in 1975.
The Shard was developed by Sellar Property Group on
behalf of LBQ Ltd, and is jointly owned by Sellar Property
and the State of Qatar.
The Shard, also referred to as the Shard of Glass, Shard
London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is
an 87-storey skyscraper in Southwark, London, that
forms part of the London Bridge Quarter development. The Shard’s construction began in March 2009;
it was topped out on 30 March 2012 and inaugurated
on 5 July 2012.Practical completion was achieved in
November 2012. The tower’s privately operated observation deck, the View from the Shard, was opened to the
public on 1 February 2013.
Standing 309.6 metres (1,016 ft) high, the Shard is cur66
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Extension of the
National Maritime Museum
Opening
hours: (mon-fri)
10.00-17.00
Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9FN
2011
C. F. Møller Architects
Program housing
Size 7300 sq m
Getting there Boat to greenwich Pier,
underground to Cutty Sark, Zone 2 (DLR),
or by bus (177, 180, 188, 188, 199, 286, 386)
The National Maritime Museum houses the world’s largest
maritime collection and is Britain’s seventh major tourist
attraction with approx. two million visitors every year
from around the world. The museum is housed in historic
buildings, built in 1807, forming part of the Maritime
Greenwich World Heritage Site. The park incorporates a
number of baroque buildings that are considered among
the finest in Europe and is an essential part of Britain’s
maritime history, particularly The Royal Observatory from
1676 and The Old Royal Naval College from 1712.
The main idea of the extension - which C. F. Møller
Architects won in an international architectural competition
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in 2006 - has been to ensure minimal interventions in this
sensitive historic site and yet give the museum a new,
distinctive main entrance and the necessary additional
exhibition space, as well as a new café, restaurant, library
and archives that meet the particular demands for storage
of historical documents.
The design solution by C. F. Møller Architects has created
a new main entrance emerging from the terrain. Most of
the new building, however, is located underground - in
total 5500 m2 out of 7300 m2. The roof of the new wing is
a green, public landscaped terrace overlooking the Park,
accessed at all levels by gentle ramps, even more so
causing the building to blend with the park landscape. The
extension has a contemporary aesthetic, but is inspired
by the Baroque buildings’ rhythmic sequence of windows,
and the profile of the new extension has been kept low
to allow the Grade I listed Victorian facade of the existing
south west wing of the museum to be appreciated as a
backdrop to the striking new building.
The goal of the expansion has been to open up the
museum and allow the display of more collections than
ever before. The museum’s collections range from e.g. a
toy pig that survived the sinking of RMS Titanic to Lord
Nelson’s last letter to his daughter. The maritime archive
contains some 100,000 books and nearly two miles (3.2
km) of shelved manuscripts.
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www.archdaily.com
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Sackler Crossing
Park opens
at 09:30
everyday
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew, London
2004 – 2006
Architect John Pawson
Program Bridge
Getting there Nearest tube station is Kew Gardens
The Sackler Crossing is part of a new route through the
120 hectares of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Set
low to the surface of the lake, its serpentine form seems
to float across the water, allowing people to experience
the surrounding landscape from new vantage points. The
walkway is fabricated in only two visible materials, each
chosen for their hardwearing qualities. The deck is formed
of granite treads, laid like railway sleepers between bronze
uprights that serve as a balustrade.
The bronze alloy is of a grade used to manufacture military
submarine propellers.
John Pawson was born in 1949 in Halifax, Yorkshire. After
a period in the family textile business he left for Japan,
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spending several years teaching English at the business
university of Nagoya. Towards the end of his time there he
moved to Tokyo, where he visited the studio of Japanese
architect
and designer Shiro Kuramata. Following his return to
England, he enrolled at the Architecture Association in
London, leaving to establish his own practice in 1981.
From the outset the work has focused on ways of
approaching fundamental problems of space, proportion,
light and materials, rather than on developing a set of
stylistic mannerisms — themes he also explored in his
book Minimum, first published in 1996, which examines
the notion of simplicity in art, architecture and design
across a variety of historical and cultural contexts.
Over the years John Pawson has accrued extensive
experience of the particular challenges of working within
environments of historic, landscape and ecological
significance, key examples including the Sackler Crossing
— a walkway over the lake at London’s Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew — the Cistercian monastery of Our Lady
of Nový Dvůr in Bohemia and the former Commonwealth
Institute in London, scheduled to open as a new permanent
home for the Design Museum in 2016.
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http://www.johnpawson.com/office/john-pawson/
http://www.johnpawson.com/works/sackler-crossing/
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Battersea Power Station
Not yet
buitl!
Future Master Plan
London, United Kingdom
2020
Architect Rafael Viñoly Architects
Program Retail, offices, public spaces
Size 743,224 m²
Getting there Nearest tube station is Vauxhall
The masterplan for the Battersea Power Station – a
Grade-II listed, large former electric power plant along The
River Thames – aims to create a mixed-use sustainable
development offering commercial and retail functions as
well as residential, cultural, and event spaces interspersed
with community facilities and a zero-carbon energy plant
for the adaptive reuse of the power station itself. The iconic
historic structure of the Power Station functions as the
focal point of the site’s regeneration, which aims to create
a self-sufficient and vibrant new community serving as the
anchor of the Vauxhall/ Nine Elms/ Battersea Opportunity
Area.
The primary design goal is to reinforce the presence of the
Power Station as the main architectural feature of the site
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by setting it in a formal space (“The Circle”) defined by a
reflecting pool and open to views to and from the Thames
River and its north bank. Further, accessibility to the site
is increased by creating three primary streets that link the
Power Station to the site’s southern perimeter and through
to a future extension of the waterfront park and river walk.
Given the phased nature of a development of this scale,
the master plan provides a set of design guidelines that
establish different degrees of prescription of the design
according to the sensitivities of different areas of the
site, with the most detailed guidelines pertaining to the
architecture and setting of the heritage building.
“The Battersea Power Station Master Plan is based on
rigorous principles of environmental, economic, and social
sustainability,” says Rafael Viñoly. “The proposed scheme
creates a balanced mix of uses to ensure a fully integrated
urban environment, provides a new transportation solution,
and establishes an energy strategy that radically reduces
consumption, as well as generating a clean supply through
the use of renewable sources. The visual presence of the
Chimney, a near-transparent marker on the skyline, defines
a new opportunity area signaling London’s commitment to
innovation and sustainability.”
http://www.rvapc.com/works/777-battersea-power-station-masterplan
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other information
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London Tube Stations
buy an oyster
card!
Lines The system comprises 11 lines –
Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, Waterloo & City
Stations
There are 270 stations
We will move around using mainly the tube system. Get
an Oyster card for the whole week. This card is a smartcard which can hold pay as you go credit, Travelcard and
Bus & Tram Pass season tickets. Use it to travel on bus,
Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail and most
National Rail services in London.
getting around
The city is divided into zones. We will need a card with
zone 2.
The London Underground is a metro system in the United
Kingdom. Its opened in 1863,making it the oldest underground metro system in the world
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http://www.londonpass.com/london-transport/i
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Thames River Boat Cruise
Opening
hours:
Mon-Sun:
from 10:00
Departure Boats depart from Westminster
Pier, London Eye Pier, Tower Hill Pier and
Greenwich Pier
Getting there Nearest tube station is
Westminster
To get an impression of the city from the start, it could be
nice to start with a guided boat trip.
boat trip
A Thames river cruise is a good way to see London, meandering through the heart of the city and past so many
of its attractions.
Some of the attractions that the boat passes:
Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, The
London Eye, The Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Shakespeare’s Globe, Tate Modern, Cutty Sark, Canary Wharf,
HMS Belfast battle-cruiser, Millennium Footbridge.
http://www.londonpass.com/london-attractions/thames-river-boatcruise.html
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The Banker
Food & Drink
Address 2 Cousin Lane
Getting there Nearest tube station is
Cannon Street
food & drink
Occupying a prime spot envied by other London pubs,
The Banker sits right on the north bank of The Thames
between Southwark Bridge and London Bridge.
We will make reservations for lunch and dinner on
Thursday and lunch on Friday.The other days you have to
organize something you selves.
wednesday:
Bar Italia @ night
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday thursday: The Banker
friday:
11:00 - 22:00
11:00 - 23:00
11:00 - 23:00
11:00 - 23:00
11:00 - 23:00
Closed
Closed
www.banker-london.co.uk/
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Benugo Van in the Square
Dishoom Godown
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
Address Dishoom King’s Cross
5 Stable Street
King’s Cross
London N1C 4AB
Getting there Tube to Kings Cross
Address Dishoom King’s Cross
5 Stable Street
King’s Cross
London N1C 4AB
Getting there Tube to Kings Cross
The beautifully restored 1972 Citroen van serves barista
style coffee and loose leaf tea every morning from 8am.
Perfect for those in a hurry, the Espresso Truck also has a
selection of bloomers, wraps and seasonal salads as well
as indulgent cakes and muffins from the Benugo bakery.
An authentic taste of old India is the latest food offering
to arrive at King’s Cross. The team behind Dishoom – the
popular Bombay cafés in Shoreditch and Covent Garden –
have opened a new all-day dining venue on Stable Street.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 08:00 - 17:00
08:00 - 17:00
08:00 - 17:00
08:00 - 17:00
08:00 - 17:00
08:00 - 17:00
08:00 - 17:00
http://www.dishoom.com/
www.kingscross.co.uk/benugo-square
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08:00 - 23:00
08:00 - 23:00
08:00 - 23:00
08:00 - 00:00
08:00 - 00:00
09.00 - 00.00
09:00 - 23:00
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Look mum No Hands!
OXO Tower Wharf
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
Address 49 Old Street
London EC1V 9HX
Getting there Tube to Barbican
Address 8th floor, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, London SE1 9PH
Getting there Tube to Blackfriars London
Underground
For five years, Look mum no hands! has been serving
coffee, fixing bikes, and showing Le Tour de France at Old
Street. They serve coffee, cake and beer! Fresh juices and
homemade pies mean that Old St venue can sort you out
for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
The rooftop OXO Tower Restaurant, Brasserie and Bar
has proved a dazzling success since opening in 1996. The
formal restaurant, more relaxed brasserie and cocktail bar
all boast stunning views across the Thames to Charing
Cross and the City of London.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday No clear opening hours. Make reseravtions:
07:30 - 22:00
07:30 - 22:00
07:30 - 22:00
07:30 - 22:00
07:30 - 22:00
08:30 - 22:00
09:30 - 22:00
Please call the Oxo Tower reservations team on 020 7803 3888
or email oxo.reservations@harveynichols.com for availability and
bookings.
http://www.lookmumnohands.com/locations/old-street
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http://www.oxotower.co.uk/who/oxo-tower-restaurant-bar-brasserie/
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Bar Italia
Opening
07. am until
05. pm
Bar Italia
22 Frith St
Soho, London W1D 4RF
United Kingdom
Established in 1949
Owners the Polledri family
Program Bar
Price range Under £10
Getting there Near covent garden
This bar was recomended by Espen Surnevik as a nice place
to experience.
The Bar is always bustling, full of different characters from
the Soho trendies, sports personalities, famous musicians
and film stars to our many regular’s who have been with us
for many years. There is always something going on here.
Alternatively, if you like it peaceful, you can always find a
quiet corner and you will not be disturbed.
playing an important role in the Italian community. It was
a place where they could meet and be among their own.
Many waiters, who had time on their hands between shifts,
would meet other paisani there.
At the Bar, they could catch up on news from Italy from
those who had recently arrived in the UK.
The Bar was also a place where they could find work,.
Often highly skilled artisans found employment through a
‘word of mouth’ network. Ice men played a huge part in
the running of so many successful restaurants and cafes,
as well as knife grinders and stonecutters.
Every one had a skill, everyone was a professional. The
stone floor you see in Bar Italia today was laid by our uncle
Torino Polledri, who was terrazzo mosaic specialist. The
floor to this day, contributes to the ambience of Bar Italia
and just think of the millions of people who have walked
over that floor for the past sixty five years and yet it is still
in excellent condition. His technique was similar to that of
the ancient Romans and some of their floors have lasted
over two thousand years.
After the War, Lou and Caterina found an opportunity to
open a coffee bar in Soho, and Bar Italia was opened in
the winter of 1949. Good coffee was hard to find in post
war London and Bar Italia was a success from the start,
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tuesday 13th
cultural events
wednesday 14th
thursday 15th
Serpenttine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
Serpenttine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
Serpenttine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
Serpenttine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
Ai Weiwei
Venue: Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Ai Weiwei
Venue: Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Ai Weiwei
Venue: Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Palladian Design: The Good, the
Bad and the Unexpected
Venue: RIBA
Royal Institute of British Architects
66 Portland Place
Palladian Design: The Good, the
Bad and the Unexpected
Venue: RIBA
Royal Institute of British Architects
66 Portland Place
Architecture Tours:
Part of: Explore Barbican
17 Mar 15 - 29 Jan 16 / 19:00,
17:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 13:00 /
Barbican Estate
Information info Book tickets book
Walking Tour: London Riverside
Venue: Open:City
City of London Information Centre
St Paul’s Churchyard.
Stephen Senior will lead this walking
tour with an in-depth look at existing
and proposed developments along
the Thames embankments.
Duration 2-2.5 hours approx.
Cost: £24.50
Walking Tour: London Riverside
Venue: Open:City
City of London Information Centre
St Paul’s Churchyard.
Stephen Senior will lead this walking
tour with an in-depth look at existing
and proposed developments along
the Thames embankments.
Duration 2-2.5 hours approx.
Cost: £24.50
Musical?
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creative learning
The Big Barbican Adventure
Explore the Barbican in this do-ityourself adventure trail for families.
30 Sep 13 - 30 Oct 15 / 11:00,
12:00 / Barbican Public Spaces
Information info
The Barbican Exhibition:
Building a Landmark
25 May 15 - 29 Nov 15 / Foyers
Information info
Palladian Design: The Good, the
Bad and the Unexpected
Venue: RIBA
Royal Institute of British Architects
66 Portland Place
Walking Tour: London Riverside
Venue: Open:City
City of London Information Centre
St Paul’s Churchyard.
Stephen Senior will lead this walking
tour with an in-depth look at existing
and proposed developments along
the Thames embankments.
Duration 2-2.5 hours approx.
Cost: £24.50
contact information
Jan Støring
+47 456 31 763
Siri Ursin
+47 907 08 616
Thea Andreassen +47 938 55 213
Hotel: hub by Premier Inn London Covent Garden
110 St Martins Lane
St Martins
London
0333 321 3104
Simen Andreas Aas
+47 932 63 113
Margun Aksnes
+47 902 99 615
Zoe Bourret
+47 941 19 466
Christoffer C. Hagen
+47 905 64 440
Erik Hammer
+47 911 71 908
Epen Philip Haugen
+47 950 38 333
Knut Magnus Henriksen
+47 452 66 543
Toon Hermans
324 77 735 054
Julie Vea Huseby
+47 481 98 750
Heloie Marie Jacob
+47 904 09 558
Jonathan Labugt
+47 909 59 390
Tobias Lamade
491 52 230 48 733
Hilde Nessa
+47 959 63 122
Eugenio Nuzzo
+47 457 86 706
Aurele Pulfer
+47 941 15 834
Ron Rapaport
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Maria Ringstad
4+47 80 59 592
Andreas R. Sæther
+47 415 42 272
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