The exhibition flyer
The exhibition at the London Design Museum
The exhibition at the London Design Museum
The exhibition at the London Design Museum
The exhibition at the London Design Museum
Bishopsgate Model, South-West Oblique View
The exhibition at the London Design Museum
The exhibition at the London Design Museum
The exhibition at the London Design Museum
The judging process
Living in the City was a two-stage international ideas competition, which explored issues of high density, mixed tenure housing as an effective way to revitalise cities. Co-ordinated by The Architecture Foundation, with lead sponsorship from Corus, the results helped define future models for inner-city housing. Railtrack's Bishopsgate Goodsyard was the proposed site.
Endorsed by the Government's Urban Task Force as a demonstration project, the competition sought proposals for a "sustainable" mixed-tenure housing project with a mixed-use provision - i.e. public space and amenities, retail, entertainment, office accommodation, and urban agriculture. Social and environmental sustainability were central issues for consideration.
Contributors included the Jurors:
Richard
Rogers [chair], Herbert Girardet (Footprint Films), Piers Gough (CZWG
Architects), Harry Handelsman (Manhattan Loft Corporation), Geoff Hooker
(Corus), Sir Robert Horton (Railtrack), Helene Jourda (Jourda Architectes),
Rabbi Julia Neuberger (King's Fund), Dickon Robinson (Peabody Trust)
Invited practices: Alsop and Stormer, West 8, TR Hamzah &
Yeang, Renzo Piano, Helmut Richter and Horden Cherry Lee
Shortlisted proposals: Arthur Collin Architects, DCA-B Architects,
Bryant Priest Newman, Cartwright Pickard, Bill Dunster Architects and Group for
Architecture.
The project culminated in the publication Living in the City, launched in March 2000.
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