Shortlisted entries

The landmark east judging panel shortlisted 12 entries from a total of 234:

In Anglo-Saxon times, Dunwich was the most important commercial centre and port in East Anglia.  As a result of coastal erosion, most of the town is under water. This project will give the lost city a new face and let people experience its history by rebuilding the six major churches as sculptures in their original location.

E to the power of 6 involves each of the six counties in the region building County Nodes linked by a  Network demonstrating world leadership towards sustainable prosperity. One of the six nodes, The Star of the East, in Norfolk would be a renewable energy station demonstrating solar, wind and bio-mass technologies and focus on education and research into new fuels.  It will become a major tourist attraction and be on the ‘must visit’ list of all UK schools.

Eastgate is a home-grown feature film based on a reported sighting of a UFO by American officers serving at RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk. The plot centres around a Christmas dinner party in 1980, memories of past loves and rumours of strange lights in the sky.

The Eastlight proposal is a pair of bright vertical light beams shining into the sky, one on the coast and one inland.  Each light is mounted on a tower built using large quantities of glass and at night the beams of light from each join to make a ‘gateway’ to East Anglia visible for miles around as well as from planes landing at Stansted airport. The beams will be coloured to reflect the amount of energy being generated by off-shore wind-farms.

East Reef is a man-made reef that aims to protect and celebrate a stretch of the East of Englands unique coastline and the Norfolk Broads beyond. A new broad would be created, extending the navigable network of man-made waterways to the new coastal destination of East Reef and uniquely bringing two symbols of the region, the broads and the sea, together. East Reef would link the existing sustainable transport networks of the broads, cycle tracks, walking paths and yachting routes. At East Reef, new homes, start-up business units, workshops, skills training centres and holiday accommodation would form a sustainable rural community around the new mere and along the coast, which would benefit from new opportunities afforded by tourism, water-sports, fishing and the extended tourist season of the year-round tropical dive centre.

Fields of Vision comprises a series of tall rods, located in fields and designed to sway in the wind like crops.  All the stems have a light at the top and as they sway, generate an audible tone. The stem tip also contains mobile phone technology that takes photographs of their environment and transmits the images to a web site. Fields of Vision would be installed in a variety of temporary locations perhaps to coincide with local festivals and events.

The construction of a series of Vanguard and Experimentation Centres would make the East of England the First Environmentally Sustainable Region on the planet. Each of the 6 centres focuses on a different environmental issue: life in lakes and rivers; earth & agriculture; recycling; energy; industry; and Land and maritime transport. Each centre will be designed as a result of an international competition and will include research areas, exhibition halls, museums and shops.

Interactive Bridges will be a series of eye-catching and memorable pedestrian and cycle bridges over or near water throughout the East of England.  These would be linked by interactive technology, powered by renewable energy. The project has identified 10 locations around the region where there is a local desire for new bridges. Although each bridge will have a different design, they would all be built with stainless steel and have common design features.

Landscape East is based on a Bridge of Reeds, a reed sculpture spanning the A14 providing a link to Wicken Fen Nature Reserve. The bridge will act as both a physical and metaphorical gateway to social, cultural and environmental opportunities. Reeds are symbolic of the region; from the Norfolk Broads to the Essex estuaries to the Fens and the bridge will ultimately provide access to 6,000 hectares of green space.  A reed visitor shelter will demonstrate new ways of understanding and enjoying the landscape and culture of the region.

Light Canvas is a structure of steel reeds and light emitting diodes (LEDs) which displays digital input as a three dimensional light form. With one structure in each of the six counties, the project creates a canvas to display the facets of the region; from relaying sounds of the coast to works commissioned from artists or school children. The structures are designed to be energy neutral, integrating wind turbines developed for use on yachts to power low energy LEDs.

The East of England is one of many regions bordering the North Sea.  This project is about linking those regions with a travelling exhibition on the North Sea Train. The train will be made up of flat wagons with a sand base.  Each region will design and develop their own exhibition wagon and these will be collected as the train travels round on a 6 month journey.  When the train stops, it becomes a visitor attraction with each carriage representing a region.

Watermarking the East of England aims to bring different communities, cultures and parts of the region together with a movable bridge which would be a focus for events and riverside performances. The key aim of the project is to bridge the two sides of the many rivers, canals and other watercourses that characterise the region. The structures will create a sense of civic pride and provide a showcase for visitors.

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