The Airplot Competition: we have a winner!

Posted by jossc — 13 May 2010 at 10:25am - Comments

This morning we're proud to announce the winner of the Airplot Contest - our competition to find the ideal structure to fortify the Airplot so that, if the police come to turf us out, we can peacefully resist them. There were two categories - one for architects and architecture students to come up with some practical solutions for how we can defend the land, and the other open to everyone to let their imaginations off the leash.

We asked for an exemplary piece of sustainable design: a practical solution with cultural and aesthetic power to match the depth and importance of what’s at stake. We haven’t been disappointed...

You can come and see the best designs at the public exhibition, which takes place at the Bargehouse Gallery on London's South Bank from 2-6 June.

Her's a sneak preview of the winning design, Groundswell by Lukas Barry and Alastair Parvin, architecture graduates and designers working in London. You can see it in greater detail, together with some of the best shortlisted entries, over on our Flickr site.

Airplot Competition winner: Groundswell

Airplot Competition winner: Groundswell by Lucas Barry and Alastair Parvin

About Joss

Bass player and backing vox in the four piece beat combo that is the UK Greenpeace Web Experience. In my 6 years here I've worked on almost every campaign and been fascinated by them all to varying degrees. Just now I'm working on Peace and Oceans - which means getting rid of our Trident nuclear weapons system and creating large marine reserves so that marine life can get some protection from overfishing.

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