Futures Forum: Port Royal: Envisioning the Ham Sidmouth > book launch
The winner was announced earlier in the summer:
Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal and the Eastern Town >>> >>> architecture competition to re-imagine Port Royal >>> winning design chosen >>>further reports
The Architects' Journal also carried the story:
Turner Architects has won an open ideas competition for the Port Royal and the Eastern Town area of Sidmouth in Devon
Turner
Architects has won an open ideas competition for the Port Royal and the Eastern
Town area of Sidmouth in Devon
The south
London studio’s proposal for a new sandstone-clad pier was chosen over rival
shortlisted entries by HLM Architects, landscape architect Rosie Madden and
Bartlett graduates Tom Cubitt & Naomi De Barr.
Reconstructing
a long-lost waterfront structure, the winning scheme proposes a new venue,
theatre, museum and coastal viewing platform for the town.
The full
shortlist
- Turner Architects (Winner)
- HLM Architects
- Rosie Madden
- Tom Cubitt & Naomi De
Barr
- Graham Cooper
Studio
director Paul Turner commented: ‘We are very excited to have won, this has been
a great opportunity for us to design something that not only celebrates our
beautiful coastline but also contributes to the ongoing debate around how our
communities and environments, both natural and built, engage with each other.’
Open to
architects, designers and students of related disciplines – the contest sought
concepts to reinvent the coastal resort which is the gateway to the Jurassic
Coast World Heritage Site.
Following
the River Sid, the competition site has been the subject of several
redevelopment visions over the years and is currently owned by a number of
stakeholders including Devon County Council, East Devon District Council, South
West Water.
Landmarks
within the 8km² area include the disused Drill Hall community centre, the Swan
Pub, Sidmouth lifeboat station and the Alma bridge which was damaged by floods
four years ago.
HLM’s
proposal featured a new pedestrianised area with flexible business units while
Madden drew up plans for a new waterfront library, sports hub and river walk.
Cubitt
and De Barr meanwhile mooted a new community market place and flood defence
constructed from gabion walls.
The
competition – which received 27 entries – was organised by local firm RBM
Architects on behalf of the Eastern Town Partnership.
RBM
director Henry Beech Mole argued the winning scheme could form the basis of a
future bid to purchase land in the area from the local authority.
He said:
‘The winning entry could be a really special building, and I’m not sure I’ve
seen anything like it before.
’It would
be an incredible addition to the seafront in Sidmouth and we would like to
congratulate Turner Architects on their winning entry.’
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