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David Lawless

https://www.notasmalltent.com/

Dublin 8, Ireland
David Lawless is a graduate architect working in a small office in Dublin, Ireland. David graduated from TU Dublin in 2015 with first-class honours. In 2012 David won an ideas competition held by DoCoMoMo which saw the conversion of the former modernist bank into a built version of Dantes Divine Comedy. David has recently worked on proposals for a new sculpture in Dublin, an extension to an Art Deco cinema and a monument to prayer among others.

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Auld Lang Syne


Temporary monument to Brexit

Auld Lang Syne


Temporary monument to Brexit
The project is a temporary monument to mark Britain's exit from the European union.
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The project marks the British exit from the EU with the lighting of two beacons, one in Calais the other in Folkestone on the night of BREXIT, March 29th 2019.

The monument takes the form of a temporary scaffold tower which suspends a concrete plinth upon which bales of straw await to be ignited by a flaming arrow. The monument is envisaged as temporary, erected three weeks prior to the ignition date (BREXIT).

The project acts as a countdown, reminiscent of the Times Square ball drop on new years eve in New York City when all eyes are focused on a single point, awaiting change. The project hopes that as the bales burn onlookers either side of the channel will join and sing Auld Lang Syne.

Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?

Auld Lang Syne


Temporary monument to Brexit

Auld Lang Syne


Temporary monument to Brexit
The project is a temporary monument to mark Britain's exit from the European union.
File under
Type of project
  • Site-specific cases

The project marks the British exit from the EU with the lighting of two beacons, one in Calais the other in Folkestone on the night of BREXIT, March 29th 2019.

The monument takes the form of a temporary scaffold tower which suspends a concrete plinth upon which bales of straw await to be ignited by a flaming arrow. The monument is envisaged as temporary, erected three weeks prior to the ignition date (BREXIT).

The project acts as a countdown, reminiscent of the Times Square ball drop on new years eve in New York City when all eyes are focused on a single point, awaiting change. The project hopes that as the bales burn onlookers either side of the channel will join and sing Auld Lang Syne.

Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?

Idea by

David Lawless
Dublin 8
Ireland
David Lawless is a graduate architect working in a small office in Dublin, Ireland. David graduated from TU Dublin in 2015 with first-class honours. In 2012 David won an ideas competition held by DoCoMoMo which saw the conversion of the former modernist bank into a built version of Dantes Divine Comedy. David has recently worked on proposals for a new sculpture in Dublin, an extension to an Art Deco cinema and a monument to prayer among others.
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