The Gates will be one of the most prominent features of the site and their design is to be chosen by a competition, with the full details and the background to it given below…



Stamford Bridge is the bridge which carries Fulham Road over the West London Railway Line at the south-east corner of Stamford Bridge Grounds, historic home of Chelsea Football Club.

As part of the new stadium development, subject to planning permission, we are expanding the actual bridge, linking Fulham Road directly to the East Stand.

To mark this new bridge, our council of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham has requested a landmark set of Bridge Gates.

Respecting the heritage of the site, we are following the great London tradition of public design competitions for epic city structures, for example from Tower Bridge in 1876 to the Royal Parks competition for gates to Hyde Park today.

So the gates for Stamford Bridge will be designed by public competition, open to everyone.

COMPETITION RULES AND BRIEF



The competition will be in three rounds:



Round 1

22 February to 24 March

All entries accepted

Round 2

15 April

A short-list of six will be selected and publicised by the Special Gates Committee

Final round

15 May

Two finalists will be decided by the committee and presented at the final home match of the 2015/16 season.

The winner will be chosen in the stadium.

The rules of the competition are simple in order to make the competition as easy as possible to enter.

Entries:

Entries will be accepted from 9am Monday 22 February until the closing date of 12 noon Thursday 24 March 2016.

Details of where to upload or post entries will be announced on Monday.



Entries should be a minimum of one and a maximum of two design images, which can be hand-drawn in pencil or professionally produced by a design studio, or something in-between.

Size for hard copies: minimum size A4 paper, maximum size A2.

For digital uploads: please ensure the drawing resolution can be reproduced satisfactorily to the above hard copy sizes.



The Special Gates Committee will have 11 members and is intended to reflect the range of interests in the gates and in the Club; the committee will include representatives of the local authorities, heritage and design interests, local groups and the Club.

BRIEF

The design of the Gates should be based on this official stadium image from our architects showing the proposed Stamford Bridge (shown without Gates).