Archinect - News2024-11-05T09:38:39-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/137355586/cheeky-a-folly-for-london-winners-announced
Cheeky "A Folly for London" winners announced Julia Ingalls2015-09-24T06:19:00-04:00>2018-08-01T13:45:22-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4r/4r9eirigs62rarfa.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>While <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/12450131/heatherwick-studio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thomas Heatherwick</a>'s proposed <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/130175688/as-garden-bridge-procurement-process-is-headed-for-review-london-group-claims-that-30-new-parks-could-be-funded-instead" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Garden Bridge</a> hasn't attracted universal acclaim, it has spurred an <a href="http://www.afollyforlondon.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">unusual competition</a>. A purposefully free-to-enter satirical contest known as "<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/129420910/satirical-folly-for-london-competition-mocks-garden-bridge-project" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Folly for London</a>" encouraged anyone and everyone to submit "absurd, illogical, egotistic and obtrusive designs for the public green space on London’s South Bank which would be sacrificed for The Garden Bridge." Judged by Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, journalist Owen Hatherley and political cartoonist Martin Rowson, the overall winner, "Green Fire of London" is a perennial flame fueled by trees culled from London's parks to "free up vast tracts of new land for developers to use for luxury constructions." It beat out entries in a variety of categories, including Absurd Transport Infrastructure, Priapic Humour, and Greenwash. </p>
<p><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/vr/vrtk4i59319nfce9.jpg"></p>
<p>Some of the honorable mentions, including "Jesus Square & Bridge" took a subtler approach, proposing the construction of an underwater bridge that would allow any species wal...</p>