The Endless Stair, landmark project for this year’s London Design Festival, will be sited on the lawn in front of the world-renowned Tate Modern.
Professor Alex de Rijke, director of dRMM, the architect firm leading the design for the structure, says: “Endless Stair is a temporary sculpture designed to be endlessly reconfigured. After initially considering a site at St Paul's Cathedral, the London Design
Festival team has decided the best location for the Stair's debut is outside Tate Modern, Bankside.
“The programme of modern art and architecture, combined with the Thames panorama of London, provides a context to which dRMM's Escher-inspired installation can make a distinctive contribution.”
The construction of the Endless Stair, which will be the first-ever such structure to use American tulipwood cross-laminated timber (CLT), is now progressing in Italy and Switzerland.
Endless Stair will be open to the public from 13th September-10th October, located on the riverside of Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG.
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