P205 Newtown Studio
Team: Architect: New Town Studio Engineer: Structure Workshop
The existing lattice pylon is our inspiration. The deference to landscape and sky – look through me, not at me. The lightness, efficiency and ingenuity. Could the lattice become more open, more transparent as it rose? Could the form be simpler, more modest, a post rather than the ‘bestriding’ giant of Betjeman’s ‘Inexpensive Progress’? Could the pylon be calm seen alone in a field, a whirr sped past on a train?
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road signs instead of solid poles, much worse visual impact. I expect that in addition to the visual disturbance, these towers will sing at various wind speeds. So if our engineering problem solving capabilities are so weak that we can't avoid pylons, lets
at least not have this design.
than the others. @JF - the cross-arms in this design are constructed from composites and therefore insulating. A company is trialling this technology in Scotland at present.
new ones are implemented they will no longer be required. This is a distribution legacy from the 1940's. The push now is towards localised production and consumption which also takes the cost out of the distribution network. I predict the dismantling of the
high voltage distribution network as it no longer fits with current trends. Local networks, local production and consumption will lead to lower prices. The major losses are in the high voltage networks. Electricity is already three times the price of gas but
it is made from gas so the cost is in distribution. The demand for power is clear but high voltage distribution is not the way forward.
at RIBA come in.
my local landscape with a pylon, a traditional design would appear far less intrusive than any of these designs. It is what it is - a pylon and not an art form stuck in a field. Above all, existing towers, in use since the 1920's in more or less their current
form, are completely tried and tested, easy to maintain and, I would imagine, relatively cheap.
This design achives that effect. I feel it will evoke a sense of wonder, appreciation by local communities and hence a greater acceptance by them. #4 is also good, but it so much reminds me of al-burj in Dubai. I dont want to be thinking of Dubai scrapers
walking in Britain's countryside. Thats my only issue with that design.
and would be hoping for something better.