'While walking around Finsbury Circus you are struck by the huge geometrical statement of the space - at 2.2 Hectares it is the largest open space in the City. An architect and urban planner, he loves cities and leads the urban development studio for AECOM. This inspired the drawing that captures a quieter and more humble view of this great building.'Ĭhris Choa studied drawing and printmaking at Yale. While doing research in the area, I came across this amazing view from an old weaver's loft in Wilke's Street (credit to the Gentle Author). This is a striking vantage point, but is somehow distracted by all the noise and activity from Commercial Street. 'Most people see Nicholas Hawkmoor's beautiful Christ Church from the axis down the centre of Brushfield Street. Green tree cushions billow like clouds among the blocks of De Beauvoir Town, rising like froth towards the wooded horizon far away.'īill Hanway: Nicholas Hawksmoor's Christ Church It is a brown grey patchwork but one red light and one yellow for sale sign shine out. Trains move like toys and the bridge seems to hover over the cutting. The deep cut of the railway leads the eye south, just beginning to veer east as the City rises. 'It is a good view from the tallest tower. They are sponsoring the event for Article 25 and doing this drawing binds their regeneration work around town into the personal views of myself and 99 others across the grid coming together to make a 'collective snapshot' of the city a moment in time. 'I am on a mission to look down on this year's 10×10 grid from Barratt's Dalston Square. But what if they were all different colours? What if London went Cycledelic?!' In my square the docking station was full of bikes, all standing to attention, all ready for action, the only difference from one to the next being the heights of the saddles. 'Boris bikes have become part of the London landscape since their introduction in 2010 with over 8000 now wheeling around the city's streets and parks. Preliminary bids can also be made online by visiting Visitors will then have the opportunity to bid for selected pieces at a special charity live auction event on the 28 November. The artwork created is due to go on display to the public from 21 to 28 November at 1 Granary Square in London. Using any medium available, they created 100 pieces of art, capturing the unique, the extraordinary, the unnoticed and the ever changing city of London. World-renowned artists, architects and designers have taken part in the 10x10 Drawing the City London event, helping to raise funds for UK architectural and construction aid charity Article 25.Ī section of London was divided into a 10x10 grid with each of the 100 squares allocated to a prominent architect, designer or artist. Architects, artists and designers draw the city of London to raise money for charity Article 25
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