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New Monocoque Pavilion for City of London
Restaurant and Bar Development in the British Capital City – design by Make Architects
12 Jul 2018
Monocoque Pavilion
Architects: Make
Location: Portsoken Pavilion, Aldgate Square, City of London, England, UK
Monocoque Pavilion

Portsoken Pavilion, a sculptural monocoque structure by Make Architects, has been unveiled as part of the City of London Corporation?s transformation of a former gyratory into a high-quality public space.

The former complex roundabout, with its series of pedestrian subways, has been the subject of intense development for over six years to reroute roads, block off unsafe subways and transform the area into the new Aldgate Square?one of the largest public spaces in London?s Square Mile.
The pavilion, which will be run by local social enterprise Kahaila as a café and multifunctional community space, sits proudly in this new landscape, delivering a public amenity as well as improving the connection between the two distinctive listed heritage buildings that sit either side of the new square: the St Botolph without Aldgate church and Sir John Cass?s Foundation Primary School.

It is the second in a series of pavilions planned by the City of London Corporation and was required to have an aesthetic relationship with the first, RIBA Award-winning pavilion, the City of London Information Centre adjacent to St Paul?s ...