Shortlist announced for UCL East master planners
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has today (Monday 12 January) announced a short list of five creative teams to develop a master plan for the UCL East university campus on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. A key part of the Mayor of London's Olympicopolis plans, the new campus - UCL East - will create new academic facilities and student accommodation for University College London (UCL). The five short listed teams are led by: · AECOM · Lifshutz Davidson Sandilands · Make · LDA Design · Allies & Morrison A pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) was issued in October 2014 to teams of master planners, designers and architects to create the master plan for the 125,000m2 campus across an 11 acre site to the south of the ArcelorMittal Orbit and the London Aquatics Centre. The five shortlisted applicants will be invited to submit formal tenders with the aim of appointing the winning team in April 2015. A design competition for the Stratford Waterfront element of Olympicopolis is also entering its final stages with a shortlist of six design teams announced in December 2014. David Goldstone, Chief Executive of LLDC, said: "It's great to embark on this latest phase of the Olympicopolis project which will see the creation of a new campus in east London for one of the world's leading research universities." Professor Steve Caddick, Vice Provost-Enterprise, University College London said: "UCL East will be a university campus of the future - open, connected with businesses and embedded within the local community.
