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Issue 78 / 2015
GUESTLIST
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Yes, another giant slide is coming
to the capital! Following the
Carsten Höller slide installation at
the Southbank, plans to turn Anish
Kapoor's sculpture into a slide have
been approved. Residing in the
Olympic Park and standing 114m high,
the ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower is the
UK's tallest sculpture, and next spring
it will also be the world's tallest slide.
Here are the all-important technical
stats:
The slide will start around the 80m
mark, spiral around the tower five
times, and finish with 50m descent to
the ground. The ride will last about
40 seconds, and you'll be able to hit
a top speed of 15mph. And there'll be
transparent sections so you can enjoy
the view on the way down.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
director of visitor services Peter
Tudor said: "What more exciting way
to descend the ArcelorMittal Orbit
than on the world's longest and
tallest tunnel slide?"
Precisely.
It's a stratford tIng:
gIant slIde part II
The ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower is to be turned into
the world's tallest slide
The architect from Dagenham has designed floating sleeping pods to help
the capital's homeless
could become a reality – he has talked about donating the
pods to a homeless charity who could then monitor their
use.
good eggs: James furzer
Furzer won first prize in Farko's
Space for New Visions competition
with the project, titled 'Homes
for the Homeless', after being
inspired by the spread of anti-
homeless spikes across London.
As he told the MailOnline, "It is a
shelter from not only the harsh and
unpredictable weather conditions
of Britain, but a shelter from
the general public who feel the
homeless should be frowned upon
and mistreated".
His plywood and steel pods,
designed to hang on the side of host
buildings, are structurally insulated
and accessible by ladders, and
though there's no electricity,
solar power could be introduced.
The space contains a bed with a
mattress and a small living area,
providing somewhere safe and dry
to sleep.
The pods are only concept at the
moment but Furzer hopes they
