Airplot: Come and see the Heathrow Contest entries

The Heathrow Contest
An exhibition of winning architectural designs in the campaign which defeated Heathrow’s third runway

Bargehouse Oxo Tower Wharf
Bargehouse Street
South Bank
London SE1 9PH

2 - 6 June 2010, 11am – 6pm daily, admission free

Standing in the way of a third runway at Heathrow was a small plot of land called Airplot, owned by Greenpeace, Emma Thompson, Alistair McGowan, Zac Goldsmith, and tens of thousands of people from around the world. In January 2010 Greenpeace launched an architectural competition to design a 21st century fortress – capable of resisting BAA’s bulldozers and stopping construction of the runway. Architects from across the world rose to the challenge, giving our judges an immensly difficult task. The results are awesome and inspiring.

Just days after the winning designs had been chosen the new government announced they would be scrapping plans for the runway. The campaign to stop the third runway is over!

Come and find out how one of the biggest environmental campaigns of the last decade was won and see the designs that will ensure that the 3rd runway never, ever gets built.

The exhibition is open daily 11am-6pm, from Wednesday 2nd June to Sunday 6th June. Admission is free.

Kurt Jackson: A Taste of Glastonbury

The Bargehouse will also feature another Greenpeace exhibition during the same week – beautiful paintings by one of Britain's leading painters, Kurt Jackson. Find out more here.

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