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    The Festival of Britain in 1951 was organized to boost morale in postwar Britain. Major exhibits were housed at the South Bank in London, including the Dome of Discovery and Skylon. The Royal Festival Hall, designed by Leslie Martin and still standing today, was part of the exhibition. Though popular, the Conservative government saw the Festival as socialist propaganda and ordered demolition after it closed, with the Hall as the sole remaining structure.

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    The Festival of Britain in 1951 was organized to boost morale in postwar Britain. Major exhibits were housed at the South Bank in London, including the Dome of Discovery and Skylon. The Royal Festival Hall, designed by Leslie Martin and still standing today, was part of the exhibition. Though popular, the Conservative government saw the Festival as socialist propaganda and ordered demolition after it closed, with the Hall as the sole remaining structure.

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    Festival of Britain 1951

    Laura Kindermann , Minh Tu Nguyen, Nicole Gruba


    History
    Destruction and unemployment after WW2
    Shortages in materials
    Crisis in confidence in the Labour government
    Need to change political and social climate
    The idea
    Picking up on the original thought of 1943 to mark the
    centenary of the Great Exhibition, Chief plotter
    Herbert Morris initiated the Festival of Britain in 1947
    The Exhibitions
    South Bank Exhibiton
    Pleasure Gardens in Battersea
    Architecture in Popla
    Science at South Kensington
    Industrial power in Glasgow
    Farming in Belfast
    Travelling Exhibition
    Festival Ship
    Converted aircraft carrier Campania
    The architect Misha Black with James Holland, Ralph Tubb and Hugh
    Casson, examine the plans on the propossed site at the South Bank in
    London for the Festival of Britain 1951
    Ralph Tubbs
    9 Jan 1912- 23 Nov 1996
    Educated in Architectural Assciation
    Worked for Erno Goldfinger in 1935
    After 1 year working for no wages, Tubbs then returned
    in late 1930s to work on the design of Goldfinger’s own
    house in Willow Road Hampstead
    Dome of Discovery
    Designed by Ralph Tubbs,
    constructed by Freeman Fox
    Was the largest dome on the
    world at that time
    Diameter of 365ft and 93 ft
    high
    Constructed by concrete
    and aluminum
    Skylon
    Designed by Hidalgo
    Moya and Phillip
    Powell
    Pure and simple
    without any functional
    purpose
    350ft high, cigar-
    shaped aluminum-
    cladbody, suspended
    by 3 visible cables
    Sir John Leslie Martin
    17 August 1908-28 July 1999
    Graduated at Manchester
    University and then taught
    at the University of Hull
    In 1937, co-edited the
    journal Circle
    After World War II, he
    became the Deputy
    Architect to the London
    County Council
    Royal Festival Hall
    Designed by Leslie Martin,
    Peter Moro and Robert
    Matthew as a contribution of
    the London County Council to
    the Festival of Britain 1951
    He designed the structure as
    an egg in the box to describe
    the separation of the curved
    auditorium space from the
    surrounding building and the
    noise and vibration of the
    adjacent reailway viaduct
    Officially opened on 3 May
    1951
    Live Architecture Exhibition

    opened on 3 May 1951


    'vertical feature': a tall
    construction crane, 200ft high
    Most of the exhibits where
    temporary tents or domes
    Exhibition Enclosure
    'The Rosie Lee' café, which
    was said to be capable of
    serving 2,000 people a day.
    The Building Research
    Pavilion was introduced
    by 'Gremlin Grange', a
    scaled-down version of an
    inter-war 'jerry-built'
    semi-detached house
    Gremlin Grange cont,
    The interior layout of the displays was expressed on
    the outside by a series of boxes, which to East India
    Dock Road presented a sequence of brilliantly
    painted red, blue, white, pink, and mauve cubes.

    rain heating lighting noise


    maintenance
    penetration
    Town Planning Pavilion
    Town Planning Pavilion, Inside, a series of themes
    demonstrated the principles of town planning and the
    urgent need for new towns.
     Themes where
    'The Battle for Land'
    'The Needs of the People',
    'How can these needs be met?‘
    'Work in progress'.
    At the far end was a vermiculite dome, containing the 'Heart
    of the Town' model, which showed how the centre of an
    imaginary town 'Avoncaster' might be remodeled.
    Permanent Buildings

    Trinity Church could be


    viewed by parties applying in
    advance
    Permanent Buildings

    A terraced house, No. 14 Grundy Street, was furnished


    as a show house
    Permanent Buildings

    No. 2 Overstone House, was furnished as


    a show flat
    End Result of the Live Architecture
    Exhibit
    The exhibition enclosure had attracted 86,646 visitors
    the equivalent of 580 a day.
    Prediction was to have about 10,000 to 25,000 in 1950
    Bad Turn out
     Location
     Accessibility
     Advertisement
     Lack of exciting exhibits
    The Festival was a Success
    It had been a success and turned over a profit as well as being
    extremely popular.
    The Festival ran for 5 months before closing in September 1951.
    However, the following month the Conservatives won the
    General Election
    The Festival was perceived by Prime Minister Churchill as
    socialist propaganda
    The order was made for the demolition of the Festival site.
    The only feature to remain was the Royal Festival Hall which is
    now a Grade I listed building, the first post-war building to
    become so protected and is still hosting concerts to this day.

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