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parkhil
As
HerbertWright
makesclear(page42),Crossrail
ismakingitspresencefeltacrossLondon.Thescopeofthe
projectisalreadybecomingapparentintheformofmassive
emptysitesacrossthecity.
JulianAnderson
’sdramatic
photographycapturesthisstrangemomentperfectly.
HisshotoftheenormouscoerdamconstructedatCanary
Wharfconveysthescaleofthismajorpieceofinfrastructure;
asignthatpublicfundscanbefoundfortherightproject.
GettingCrossrailtodivulgeitsdesignstrategyisalmost
asarduousanactofexcavationasthetunnellingitself.
Sofar,onlythemostbasicdetailshavebeenrevealed.
Onegetsthedisconcertingsensethatthiswilltranslate
intoanequallyunsatisfactoryendresult.Londonhasan
impressivehistoryofdesignforpublictransport(seepage
76)–ifCrossrailistohaveauni
edarchitecturaldesign,it
isessentialthattheyalsogetthegraphicidentityright.
ThissubjectmaycomeupduringtheLondonDesign
Festival,whichisalwaysatitsbestwhenprovokingdiscussion
andshiningaspotlightonfirst-ratedesigners.Thisyear,
therewillbemuchtodiscover;fromtheretrospectiveof
Finnishdesigner
HarriKoskinen
(page39)tothework
o
ittle-knownceramicist
JessieTait
(page34),andthe
exhibitiondesignedby
TohShimazakiArchitects
,Adaptable
Structures(page29).
Thesecondhalfofthisissue,though,isareminder
thatLondonisjustthelargestinanetworkofmodern
Englishcities,bornoutondustry.TheParkHill
EstateinShefeld,ourcoverstory,isthemostdramatic
anddivisivehousingdevelopmentinBritain.Laudedand
despisedinequalmeasuresinceitscompletionin1961,
ParkHillisundergoingacontroversialrenovationby
HawkinsBrown
,with
StudioEgretWest
.TimAbrahams’
feature(page88)grappleswiththedif
cultiesofdealing
withBritain’sbrutalistheritage,wherenoclear-cut
response–beitethicoraesthetic–seemsadequate.
AtatimewhentheUK’smostsignificantconstruction
projectsareeitherbeneathgroundor,inthecaseof
thehigh-techcreativeindustriesatTheSharpProject
inManchester,(page114),largelyinvisible,thevivid
panellingthathasbeenappliedtoParkHill’sfaçadeis
bothareminderandachallenge.
Thankstotheinventivepaperengineeringof
Ben
Hughes
atClaystation,wewillbeconstructingatower
blockofourownat100%Designthisyear(page65).
Bepartofthissalutetobrutalismbyvisitingtheshow
anddesigningyourownOnepieceRoom.
PeterKelly
,editor
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