A shortlist of designs for the Nine Elms to Pimlico bridge has been unveiled by Wandsworth Council, following feedback from over 1,000 members of the public.
Initial design idea by Buro Happold Limited
A panel of judges whittled down 74 submissions for the new central London crossing to a clutch of just four designs, which will now be expanded into detailed plans.
Ove Arup & Partners Ltd - with AL_A, Gross Max,
Equals Consulting and Movement Strategies
Those selected by the panel are, unsurprisingly, some of the least outlandish of the designs put on public show in February. Entries for the proposed pedestrian and cycle link included bridges sporting glowing tentacles, rainbow coloured webbing and even waterfalls.
The successful teams are:
- Buro Happold Limited - with Marks Barfield Architects, J&L Gibbons Landscape Architects, Gardiner and Theobald
- Bystrup Architecture Design and Engineering - with Robin Snell & Partners, Sven Ole Hansen ApS, Aarsleff and ÅF Lighting
- Ove Arup & Partners Ltd - with AL_A, Gross Max, Equals Consulting and Movement Strategies
- Ove Arup & Partners Ltd with - Hopkins Architects and Grant Associates.
Initial design idea from Ove Arup & Partners Ltd with -
Hopkins Architects and Grant Associates
Finalists were unanimously chosen by the competition jury, which includes Wandsworth Council leader Ravi Govindia, Lambeth councillor Joanne Simpson, architect Graham Stirk, engineer Henry Bardsley and chair of Cabe at Design Council Pam Alexander.
Wandsworth Council expects to announce the winning team in the autumn. However the project will still require planning permission before it can be constructed.
Cllr Govindia said: ‘I want to thank the jury panel and all of the designers who took part and made this such an exciting process. The quality of the submissions went beyond our best expectations and the interest this competition has generated across London has been tremendous.’
The initial design by Ove Arup & Partners Ltd – with AL_A, Gross Max, Equals Consulting and Movement Strategies
