Heathrow protesters plan 3rd runway site ‘fortress’ and launch a competition for the fortification design
for the construction of Heathrow’s third runway.
gave ownership to 60,000 people.
if the runway goes ahead.
Dems are fighting the £7bn plans.
legal obstacles to delay or stop the runway scheme.
as soon as possible unless the airport expansion is abandoned.
they will come under enormous pressure from the all-powerful aviation industry
to push ahead with a third runway.
of ordinary people who oppose Heathrow expansion.”
which it bought with groups including the Woodland Trust, the RSPB and World Development
Movement.
Whiteread, engineer Professor Neil Thomas and comedian Alistair McGowan.
would create up to 60,000 jobs and would ensure “Britain remains a place where
the world can come to do business”.
would damage wildlife and increase pollution and congestion.
on Heathrow’s expansion in January last year.”
an orchard on the Greenpeace coalition site.
The Airplot Design Contest
at Heathrow, we’ve been receiving suggestions for what to do with it. We’ve already
sunk our roots into it by establishing an allotment and planting an orchard, but
now we want to go one step further and for that we want to get your ideas. Watch
the video above for more details, and read on for the full lowdown.
bulldozers come to turf us out, we’ll be able to physically block the construction
of a new runway. Hopefully it will never come to that, because there’s no way
a new government can continue to support the runway plans, but we want to be prepared.
the other is open to everyone to let their imaginations off the leash. We want
to make sure we get the best ideas out there so whether it’s a tower, a tunnel
or a bouncy castle, get sketching.
brilliance so even if you’re not Frank Lloyd Wright or Frank Gehry, if you have
any inspiration get it down on paper.
of the 65,000+ beneficial owners), the best entries from the public competition
will be showcased alongside the architectural designs at an exhibition in London
later in the year. We’ll bring one overall winner to the exhibition to see their
design on display and one of the apple trees in the Airplot orchard will also
be dedicated in their honour.
at Heathrow, we’ve been receiving suggestions for what to do with it. We’ve already
sunk our roots into it by establishing an allotment and planting an orchard, but
now we want to go one step further and for that
how to enter the competition.
Greenpeace press release .
Celebs and architects launch competition to design Heathrow fortress 28.1.2010
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