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Dezeen - Shaping Water

Dezeen - Shaping Water

Dezeen - Shaping Water

26 St John's Ln, London EC1M 4BU, UK

About the competition

Dezeen has teamed up with Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard to challenge architects and designers to create an installation celebrating the essence of water for Clerkenwell Design Week.

The Shaping Water Competition tasks entrants with creating a large-scale installation for St John's Gate, a prominent historic location in the heart of Clerkenwell, London, during this year's Clerkenwell Design Week festival.

The winning entrant will win a prize of £5,000 and a budget of £15,000 to realise their design for Clerkenwell Design Week, which takes place on 20, 21 and 22 May 2025.

This makes the Shaping Water Competition a special opportunity for an architect or designer to create an installation in an extremely high-profile location during one of London's most popular design events.

About the installation

Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani has designed Harmonic Tides, a glowing corridor formed from 3D-printed walls reminiscent of waves.

Each structure features a ripple-like geometry, informed by the hydrodynamic forms found in nature, such as river eddies and spiral ocean currents. The structure is made using sugar-based PLA, an industrially compostable bioplastic.

LED lights and gentle music enhance the sense of an underwater world to create a relaxing space for visitors to spend time in.

"Harmonic Tides explores the structuring principles of water and the universality of flows, celebrating the constant transformation and interconnectedness of natural systems," Mamou-Mani said. 

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