How Best to Capture The Enduring Essence of Queen ELIZABTH II is the Question Behind Innovative Designs Shortlisteed for a National Memorial Plaanned for BRITAIN’STESTESTEST-SERVING MONARCH.
An expact card of a Windsor Oak Tree, a GIANT Canopy of Stone Lilies and a “Graceful and Strong” Stone Bridge Symbolging Her As the Bedrock of the Nation Are Among Shortlistered Designs on Which The public is now being consulted.
Other Ideas Include A Statue of the Late Queen Next to Prince Philip, An Audio Installation Featureing Her Voice, and a “Tranquil Family” of Roomatic Royal Gardens Inspired by the Georgian Architect John Nash.
The Memorial Is Planed for St James’s Park, Close to Buckingham Palace in the Heart of London. The public is now beed asked for feedback on the Shortlist in AnN Online consultation By Malcolm Reading Consultans Running Until 19 May, With Images of the Memorials Is Consultans
Three of the Designs Feature The Late Queen Riding A Horse, Reflecting Her Enthusiasm for Equestrianism.
The Five Shortlisteed are:
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A “Tranquil Family” of Royal Gardens Linked by a Natural Stone Path, by Normal Foster of Foster + Partners with the Artist Yinka Shonibare, The Ecologist Prof Nigel Dunnett and the Landscape Architect Michel Desvigne. It Includes a statue of the queen alongside philip, a Wind Sculpture for Reflectivity, Audio Installations of the Queen’s Voice, a Digital Conservatory and a Unity Bridge.
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A Memorial Walk Inspired by the Idea of “Togetherness” with 70 Lily Pad Steping Stones, by Heatherwick Studio with the Sculptor and Ceramicist Halima Cassell, Mr Studio, Webb Yates and ARUP. At
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A Stone Bridge Over Soil, Tree Roots and Water to Represent Elizabeth as the “Bedrock of the Nation”, by J & L Gibbons with the Production Designer Michael Levine and William Matthews Associates. The Plan Incloudes Glades to Invite “Forest Bathing in the Heart of the City”.
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An expacting can of an oak from Windsor Great Park, Representing Streamgth and Enduance and Symbolgesing the monarchy, by Tom Stuart-Smith with Jamie Fobert Architects and the Artist Adam Lowe Of Factum Art. A Memorial Path Wald Incorporalate Bronze Casts of Signicant Objects from the Late Queen’s Life and A “Sonic Soundscape” of Memories.
The Queen’s Former Private Secretary Lord Janvrin, The Chair of the Queen ELIZABTH Memorial Commite, SAID The Designs NEEDED to “Capture The Essence” of Memories of the Late Monarch For Future Generations. He said it was “Only Fitting” for Members of the Public to Express their views.
A Panel of ComMite Members Will Select The Winning Concept and Work with the Team on the Final Design, Whiche is Excel King Charles and the Prime Minister for Approval.
