{"id":10122,"date":"2026-06-22T10:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=10122"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:22:12","slug":"lfa-tower-quite-literally-turns-idea-of-a-fence-on-its-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/lfa-tower-quite-literally-turns-idea-of-a-fence-on-its-head\/","title":{"rendered":"LFA tower “quite literally turns” idea of a fence on its head"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Artist Rana Begum and engineering studio Webb Yates<\/a> have created a pylon-informed tower<\/a> from fence material at this year’s London Festival of Architecture<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named No.1616 Fence, the 13-metre-high tower was constructed from industrial, powder-coated mesh that is more commonly used for fencing.<\/p>\n

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The 13-metre-high tower was designed by Rana Begum and Webb Yates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“You might come across this material in both open landscapes and urban contexts, it is familiar and functional,” Begum told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“The material is made to be used as fencing \u2013 so it is impossible not to make connotations with the act of creating barriers, or cordoning off land, which is exclusive to some and inaccessible to others. The work, in its verticality, quite literally turns this on its head.”<\/p>\n

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It was made from material more commonly used for fences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Erected outside Space House, which was recently refurbished by Squire and Partners<\/a>, the tower is the third in a series of collaborations between the artist and engineering studio made from the material.<\/p>\n

Each of the installations aims to question the idea of boundaries and borders. This tower, created as part of the London Festival of Architecture<\/a> (LFA), was directly informed by the architecture of electricity pylons.<\/p>\n

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The tower was informed by pylons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We love pylons!” said Begum. “We take photos of them wherever we go and the structures vary in style and colour.”<\/p>\n

“One time we had been jogging in Savannah where they have a huge radio mast in the middle of the town \u2013 \u00a0that was a moment of inspiration,” added Webb Yates<\/a> co-founder Steve Webb.<\/p>\n

“We are always fascinated by trusses, their repetition, triangular patterns and refinement. We thought of using the fence zigzag as diagonal in a structure.”<\/p>\n

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It was designed to draw attention to conversations on boundaries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Begum and Webb Yates<\/a> used fence material for the installation to draw attention to current discussions on borders and how those discussions are framed.<\/p>\n

“In the current political climate we are facing a lot of division and renewed focus on borders and boundaries,” said Begum.<\/p>\n

“We wanted to use a material that we encounter in daily life, and bring attention to how numb we have become to these kinds of boundary-asserting materials and less mindful of their impact or function in society.”<\/p>\n