The structure, designed by David Adjaye and Ron Arad, has been the subject of fierce objections. In a decision that should surprise no one, the government has backed the government-commissioned Holocaust Memorial. Go-ahead for Adjaye and Arad’s Holocaust Memorial But is enough time available? A planted scheme like this probably needs a few years to properly establish itself, yet the mound is due to close in January. It was a decision that MVRDV was uncomfortable with, telling The Architects’ Journal: ‘It is a pity the mound opened too soon.’Ī practice spokesman attributed the mound’s appearance to the recent hot weather, adding that ‘we just need to give nature a bit of time’. Having already delayed the opening, the council was presumably reluctant to delay further. Before the opening, The Observer’s Rowan Moore wrote of operatives ‘frantically sticking slabs of turf to its sloping sides’ and describing the result as ‘parched and patchy’. The reality is closer to a brown lawn after a drought. MVRDV’s design was a reworking of its proposal for the 2004 Serpentine Pavilion, a 23m-high hill that visitors could climb, that was axed after it proved too expensive and potentially hazardous.ĬGIs of the Marble Arch attraction promised a verdant appearance. The £2 million project for Westminster Council was announced in February, trumpeted as a visitor attraction with a climate change message to entice people back to Oxford Street as lockdown restrictions were lifted. It opened last week just long enough to attract derision before partially closing for remedial work to take place. An artificial hill at London’s Marble Arch, designed by Dutch practice MVRDV, has been criticised for its shoddy appearance, as a ‘slag heap’ falling short of the lush mound promised in the visuals.
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