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The Illuminated River International Design Competition THE ILLUMINATED RIVER INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION SEARCH STATEMENT © Malcolm Reading Consultants 2016 Malcolm Reading Consultants is an expert consultancy which specialises in managing design competitions to international standards and providing independent, strategic advice to clients with capital projects. With nearly twenty years’ experience of projects, we are enthusiastic advocates of the power of design to create new perceptions and act as an inspiration. This document has been assembled by Malcolm Reading Consultants from research content and content provided by the Illuminated River Foundation and the Bridge Managers. The combined content is intended for use only in the selection process for the Illuminated River project. All material is provided in good faith but should not be considered as accurate or correct from the point of view of Statutory, Planning or Heritage regulations. Images: © Luke Hayes / Malcolm Reading Consultants unless otherwise stated malcolmreading.co.uk T +44 (0) 20 7831 2998 Illuminated River International Design Competition // Search Statement Contents Part One 3 Introduction 5 Background 6 The Illuminated River Project: Rationale and Supporters 6 Illuminated River Foundation 8 The Bridges – Albert to Tower 8 The Competition 9 Project Key Objectives 10 Emerging Brief 12 Teams 15 The Bridges and their Context 16 Project Details 34 Jury 36 Part Two 39 Competition Details 40 Anticipated Competition Programme 44 Submission Requirements 45 Evaluation Criteria 48 Appendix 50 1 Illuminated River International Design Competition // Search Statement 2 Illuminated River International Design Competition // Search Statement PART ONE 3 Illuminated River International Design Competition // Search Statement View from the International Space Station © Tim Peake 4 IlluminatedIlluminated RiverRiver InternationalInternational DesignDesign CompetitionCompetition //// SearchSearch StatementStatement Introduction For more than two millennia, the River Thames has been after dark, allowing the public to freely enjoy it all day-round, integral to London’s evolution, shaping its communities and and all year. The Foundation intends the project to act as an driving its economy. It continues to provide a huge source exemplar, encouraging engagement with the latest green of pleasure for both Londoners and the nearly thirty million technologies. visitors drawn to London each year. Now, with the launch of the Illuminated River International In daylight, the Thames speaks for itself, but on winter Design Competition, the Foundation is searching for an afternoons and at night it fades into a ribbon of darkness. inspired multi-disciplinary design team that can respond London’s natural centrepiece becomes shadowy and to a unique design challenge: to create an elegant and obscure, inhibiting the atmosphere in many of the public charismatic light art installation of world-class quality for spaces surrounding it. London’s celebrated bridges between Albert and Tower. Yet, with light as a medium for public art fascinating artists This initiative seeks to change the interaction between the and audiences across the world, and with new lighting city and the river for the long-term. For artists and lighting technology dramatically reducing energy consumption designers, engineers, architects and technologists, the and making cities greener, London has the opportunity to project offers the rarest of opportunities – to influence the creatively reclaim the river after dark. look, identity and experience of one of the world’s greatest cities. The Illuminated River is a major new public art initiative for London, supported by a coordinating charity, the Illuminated The competition Jury warmly invites you to submit an River Foundation. The Foundation, in association with the Expression of Interest – the deadline for these is: Mayor of London and other funders, stakeholders and 14:00 BST Thursday July 7th 2016. supporters, aims to reinvigorate the experience of the river 5 Illuminated River International Design Competition // Search Statement Background The Illuminated River Project: Rationale and Supporters The public will be encouraged to give their feedback on Drawing inspiration from the popular success of temporary the shortlisted competition concept designs when these light art installations such as Project Dazzle for London 2012 are exhibited in late autumn 2016; please see competition and the recent Lumiere London light festival, the Illuminated website for updates on this: River will provide London with a new, free attraction focused on 17 of its celebrated and very individual bridges. competitions.malcolmreading.co.uk/illuminatedriver The project is intended to enhance some of the capital’s less well-used public spaces and improve and enliven the The delivery of the project will be phased, with atmosphere of the river on winter afternoons and after dark. implementation expected to begin in 2018. The project is It will take advantage of new, energy-saving technologies; being supported by a broad coalition of urban stakeholders these support London’s move towards low-carbon, including the Mayor of London, the City of London, sustainable and green solutions. Westminster City Council, Transport for London, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and Network Rail. Set to be one of the most ambitious public art projects in recent years, the funds for this circa £20m project will The complete list of public and private bodies supporting the be raised, largely from private sources, by the Illuminated project is as follows: River Foundation, backed by the Rothschild Foundation and working in collaboration with other stakeholders. Principal Stakeholders Strategically, the project will help to sustain London’s • The Illuminated River Foundation momentum as one of the most creative and innovative • Mayor of London global cities. It will provide the opportunity for growing London’s night time economy, bring efficiencies in energy • City of London use and engage local communities through a number of parallel initiatives. • Garden Bridge Trust • Network Rail The Foundation is also keen to involve local apprentices throughout the project. 6 Illuminated River International Design Competition // Search Statement • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Advisory Stakeholders • Transport for London • Better Bankside BID • Wandsworth Council* • Emergency Services (London Fire Brigade, London Metropolitan Police, City of London Police, London • Westminster City Council Ambulance Service, Royal National Lifeboat *To be confirmed. Institution) Statutory Stakeholders • London Bridges Engineering Group • City of London Police • London & Partners • Historic England • Northbank BID • London Borough of Lambeth • River Crossing Co-ordination Group/Cross River Partnership • London Borough of Southwark • South Bank BID • London Borough of Tower Hamlets • Team London Bridge BID • Metropolitan Police • Port of London Authority • Thames Tideway Tunnel Note: all Principal Stakeholders (with the exception of the Illuminated River Foundation) are also Statutory Stakeholders. 7 Illuminated River International Design Competition // Search Statement Illuminated River Foundation The Bridges – Albert to Tower The Illuminated River Foundation was established in 2016 From the first London Bridge of the eponymous nursery to procure and oversee the Illuminated River project. The rhyme to the spectacular Millennium Bridge, the Thames’ charity’s core project is the creation of public art through bridges are recognised the world over. An essential part of light on London’s bridges (illuminatedriver.london). The London’s heritage, they speak of moments of great civic Foundation’s mission is to celebrate London’s famous river connection and stand as monuments to generations of and encourage greater appreciation of its public spaces. dedicated engineers, architects and planners. The Foundation will liaise closely with multiple stakeholders Many are icons in their own right (such as Tower Bridge) to help realise the project. Following the conclusion of the and are enjoyed today by millions of visitors and citizens. No competition, the Foundation will undertake detailed design longer taken for granted, they are now being foregrounded work, development of specifications, and preparation of as part of wider continuing improvements to access and documents in conjunction with the winning team. This will animate the Thames and its embankments. include gaining the relevant permissions so that a fully realisable lighting scheme may be subsequently passed to The Illuminated River project covers all the road, rail and those organisations with responsibility for the bridges. pedestrian bridges crossing the River Thames from Albert to Tower Bridge, and also includes the planned Nine Elms The Foundation will raise funds to cover the costs of and Garden Bridges. Conceiving a masterplan design implementing the lighting scheme, and these funds for all 17 bridges, which can respond to the unique and will be granted, along with the design, to the relevant individual characteristics of each bridge, is at the core of the organisations. In parallel, the charity will work to engage the competition’s creative challenge. public in the initiative and the concepts behind it through a variety of education and engagement activities, please The history and context of each bridge covered by the see the Foundation’s website for details as these are competition is included later in this document, in the
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