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11/10/2019

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10/31/2019

10/28/2019

Design Firm: Studio Joseph

During the World War II “Blitz”, large areas of London were destroyed. The subsequent uncovering of debris presented archaeologists with the opportunity to learn more about “Londinium,” the ancient Roman city from which modern London draws its name. When construction began on a corporate headquarters on this site in 2007, archaeologists uncovered antiquities, and worked with our client to create a museum experience. The result is a three-level exhibition with analog and immersive media experiences, interactive displays, and sculptural light.

STREET LEVEL: Over 600 artifacts from Roman times discovered on the site are displayed on a topography of pyramidal forms - a reference to classical architectural façade motifs. The collection comprises the most important archaeological discovery in Britain.

MEZZANINE LEVEL: A dramatic animation with evocative audio narrative by contemporary scholars tells the story of the Mithras cult. Projected figures emerge magically from the shadows into light. The god Mithras, the altar and the temple foundation are each rendered in translucent resin, set atop interactive displays that offer a stronger dive into content.

LOWER LEVEL: Moving beyond expectation, walls rise in structural light over the foundation remnants of the temple. “Haze” (a glycol/water, theatrical fog) never-before used in a permanent installation, gives light beams their physicality. Music, chanting, sounds of water, and fire create an encounter with the past as one of mystery and discovery, mirroring the cult itself, which remains an enigma to this day.

10/28/2019

Design Firm: NADAAA

The new Tanderrum Pedestrian Bridge linking Birrarung Marr with the Melbourne Park sports precinct creates a major new arrival address for Melbourne Park. The bridge serves as a major pedestrian entrance point during the Australian Open. A ramping pathway through Birrarung Marr leads to the bridge proper and its alignment respects the established bridges and landscape topography of the park. In our design, we make an important connection between the historic landscape of Speakers Corner and the outside tennis courts of Melbourne Park across Batman Avenue. Both of these existing spaces are steeped in egalitarian and democratic values - one with a history of regular citizens speaking freely on any subject; the other where a player of any ranking can pick up a tennis racquet in one of the sport’s great precincts. The bridge design is slender, a flat steel girder structure that tapers at its edges to achieve the required span across Batman Avenue. The bridge undercroft follows the slope of the existing landscape thus eliminating low forming spaces and settles the bridge into the landscape. The lightweight filigree character of the steel structure provides the framework for a journey which branches into a connective path to Middle Terrace and provides views through toward the Yarra River, Birrarung Marr and the city.