A collapsible camera obscura and a bamboo tensegrity structure have been revealed as the two winning designs of the 2021 Antepavilion architecture commission in Hackney, London.
The Antepavilion competition, which takes place annually in the UK capital, invites experimental designs and structures for construction at Hoxton Docks on Regent's Canal.
Above: a visual of AnteChamber by Studio Nima Sardar. Top image: the All Along the Watchtower pavilion
This year's brief called for demountable and transportable interpretations of a bartizan ? an overhanging, wall-mounted turret common in medieval fortifications.
It is the first time in Antepavilion's five-year history that two winners have been chosen for construction.
Winning designs are reversible Studio Nima Sardar is the overall winner with its design for a collapsible camera obscura named AnteChamber, while Morgan Trowland's bamboo structure called All Along the Watchtower will be built as a "special early summer commission".
AnteChamber's design pays homage to Victorian fairgrounds and the area's history, with the aim to resonate "with the Hackney planners' concept of harmony with heritage architecture".
It will feature a folding fabric roof and a demountable structure made of wood salvaged from Maich Swift Architects' Potemkin Theatre ? the structure that won the 2019 commission.
The AnteChamber features a folding fabric roof
All Along the Watchtower is a reusable, lightweight bamboo structure that be...