Shortlisted architects chosen for gateway to new Tube station at site of historic film
Five teams of architects have been shortlisted to design the approach to a new Tube station.
The London Festival of Architecture and town hall chiefs want the designers to devise a plan for Wilcox Road in Lambeth and transforms it into a welcoming gateway to the newly opened Nine Elms Tube Station.
Wilcox Road in Vauxhall was the location of much of the filming of iconic British film My Beautiful Laundrette in 1985.
But two years ago, Lambeth councillors agreed a seven-storey building could replace existing shops at 3 to 27 Wilcox Road – which includes Taste of the Mediterranean restaurant – the set of the movie.
Sitting across from Nine Elms Tube Station and connecting Wandsworth Road to South Lambeth Road, Wilcox Road is a link between the boroughs of Lambeth and Wandsworth. Wilcox Road has shops, hospitality, construction, personal care, as well as residential homes.
The shortlisted teams include:
- Anny Stephanou, Anna Muzychak and Patricia Mato-Mora
- Embed x CarsonSall
- Lambeth-based MOST Architecture with Urban Growth and The Remakery
- NOOMA Studio
- Ten Tectons + EH Smith
The area also has a big Portuguese population and a mix of businesses they run.
The design competition aims to create a gateway between the Nine Elms Tube Station and Wilcox Road.
The brief “should capitalise on the proximity and footfall of the new Nine Elms Tube Station and seek to strengthen road connections, particularly the east-west link into Nine Elms and through to South Lambeth Road via Arch 42”.
The Wilcox Road competition aims to create a welcoming neighbourhood that in turn aids economic recovery and brings new attention to the area.
The winning team will be announced in April and awarded £65,000, with a £10,000 design fee, to develop a fully-costed, feasible design that can be delivered in the summer/autumn 2022.
The winning scheme will remain for a minimum of 10 years.
The British Film Institute ranked the Stephen Frears film, which starred Greenwich-raised Day-Lewis and Gordon Warnecke, as the 50th greatest British film of the 20th century. Information for applicants is available at www.londonfestivalofarchitecture.org/competitions
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