The hovering Concorde spread its wings in Bristol - this is the sketch for the facade of the currently planned Bristol Aerospace Center that was most liked by the international jury of the competition for the development of the unique design of the ArtMe facade. The winner was chosen throughout the year. It was the British architectural bureau Purcell, which received the main prize - 1,500 euros, as well as the opportunity to implement free ArtMe facade design with an area of up to 300 m2.
The aerospace center will be built in the north of Bristol, in the Filton area - on the territory of the former airfield, which is one of the cradles of the British aviation industry. The two large hangars of the First World War will house an aviation and space heritage museum, a training center, workshops and an archive. It is known that one of the exhibitions will be devoted to the aerospace industry in Bristol from 1910 to the present day. About £ 16 million has been allocated for the construction of the museum complex.
The visualization of the silhouette of the Concorde 216 characterizes international technical innovation and serves as a kind of advertisement for the exhibition, as visitors are expected to be able to visit the cabin of the real Concorde, which made its last flight in 2003. As the authors of the project hope, the concept of the facade will inspire current and future generations to new achievements in science, modern technology, engineering and mathematics.
The British-French Concorde passenger aircraft is one of two supersonic passenger airliners in the world (the second is the Soviet Tu-144). The aircraft was the pride of the United Kingdom and the finest in the history of the British Air Force. Concorde airliners of various modifications were operated in 1976-2003.
The international jury of the ArtMe competition included architects from different countries: winners of the Trimo Urban Crash competition Manus Leung (Australia) and Kacper Krywult (Poland); Robert Charousek (Trimo, Czech Republic), Maja Lapajne (Marketing Director, Trimo, Slovenia) and Mitja Vovko (Trimo, Slovenia). According to the jury, the facade of the museum in Bristol is an extremely commendable "abstraction of vertical lines to create a flat image on a reflective surface."
