The DAYS EVENTS

The Line of Site Final was an occasion which had an exciting backdrop of 75 participating countries, 330 entries, 5 top practitioner Judges and a view of the Thames, St Pauls and a snow bound London.

The 7 finalists represented a breadth of countries and cultures – India, Israel, Bulgaria, England, Canada, Scotland and USA. Judges and contestants had arrived by Plane, train, car and foot – City Transportation Interchanges did not play a part as the snow had paralysed London, however it did not deter a single contestant and one of the Judges had walked 4 miles to be there while another had sat on a Tube train buried in snow for 3 hours – the commitment to the Line of Site competition has been extraordinary.

The Judges Judgements

BRIEF 1 - Northern Lights

Ian Pieterse “Took the challenge and developed it in an exemplary way” “The central quality was carved into the landscape and merged into it”
Alastair Parvin (Winner of the Northern Lights Brief) “A very, very strong idea” “a terrific Architectural plan” “A very fine presentation”

BRIEF 2 - City Transportation Interchange

Michael Pitman produced what was “potentially a very nice piece of Industrial Design” and one which “answered the questions well”
Animish Kudulkar presented a project “done with a good feel for the aesthetics behind it” with a “presentation that was extremely elegant – very handsome”
Martin Angelov (winner of the City Transportation Interchange Brief) produced a solution which was “light and touched the buildings like Spiderman – a solution which excited”

BRIEF 3 - Meeting Place

David Adar “Many places have a sub text but this place is bare and beautiful” “Extremely lyrical”
Richard James (Overall winner and winner of the Meeting place brief) “Turned the brief upside down” “out of the vacuous nebulous he has created something different” and “Invented a new building type (which) perfectly fits into today”