Selected for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, our artisan model for The Old Street Iris comprises over 6,000 hexagonal pieces of varying timber, each carefully placed by hand over a five day period.
The model supports our competition-winning proposal, in response to TfL and Islington Council's open call for ideas to regenerate the Old Street roundabout, is a piece of metropolitan land art which will transform the proposed peninsula into an interactive and inclusive place to gather, perform, play and relax, acting as a beacon for smart city innovation and the Old Street iconic gateway.
One of four winning design teams chosen by TFL and Islington Council, the competition called for ‘exciting, bold and iconic’ proposals for a new gateway structure or public artwork reflecting the area’s identity as a hub for digital innovation.
Thousands of timber pieces were hand burnished and carefully placed into layers of laser cut 'honeycomb' grids.
The model supports our competition-winning proposal, in response to TfL and Islington Council's open call for ideas to regenerate the Old Street roundabout.
