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AHMM's proposals for Old Street Roundabout

Zaha Hadid Architects' proposals for Old Street Roundabout

Coffey Architects' 'Old Street Cloud' proposals

Cove Burgess Architects' cycle-focused Old Street proposals

Es Devlin Studio's 'Infinite Library' proposals for Old Street Roundabout

Old Street Roundabout seen from above

Source: TfL / Tom Eames

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Zaha Hadid Architects, AHMM and a host of other big names have emerged on a 39-proposal longlist to redesign London鈥檚 Old Street Roundabout, the spiritual hub of the capital鈥檚 tech industry.

In December last year Islington council to accompany Transport for London鈥檚 proposals to reconfigure the island, which will see traffic flows change and the creation of a new peninsula.

Entrants were asked to demonstrate the potential for new public art and 鈥渟mart city鈥� innovation, at the same time as retaining the current high-profile advertising opportunities and accommodating infrastructure for Old Street Underground Station.

A proviso for the submissions was that they should be deliverable with a budget of 拢1m, unless teams could identify viable external funding.

ZHA鈥檚 proposals are pedestrian-focused, and would see the introduction of a range of new street furniture into the roundabout space, the tallest of which would be 鈥渆nhanced tree pylons鈥� that would help clean the air and introduce vegetation to Old Street.

In addition to benches, water fountains and vertical cycle stands, the scheme would also include street furniture with art displays and travel information.

AHMM鈥檚 submission 鈥� in conjunction with developer Derwent London 鈥� proposed the creation of a new raised cylindrical structure on the Old Street peninsula, which would include a 360-degree advertising hoarding, 1,300sq m of flexible space for new businesses, and a roof terrace.

Es Devlin Studio鈥檚 entry, in co-operation with Google Arts and Culture, proposed the creation of a spherical 鈥淚nfinite Library鈥�, which the practice described as a 鈥淏lakean fusion of poetry, people, art, light and technology鈥�. The poet and printmaker William Blake is buried at the nearby Bunhill Fields.

Cove Burgess Architects鈥� proposals involve the delivery of three high-rise cycle storage towers, modelled on a scheme already in use in Tokyo, which would also deliver 300sq m of high-level digital advertising space.

Coffey Architects鈥� 鈥淥ld Street Cloud鈥� scheme would involve the installation of 24 poles in an ellipse shape around the station infrastructure. During the day, the poles would release a pollution-blocking mist at a height of five metres; after dark images would be projected on to the mist.

Islington councillor Claudia Webbe, who is on the competition鈥檚 judging panel along with Gehl Architects鈥� Allison Dutoit, said more than 120 expressions of interest in the project had been made, of which the longlist contenders were the most 鈥渋nnovative and inspiring鈥�.

The longlist entries 鈥� full details below 鈥� can be seen online via Islington council鈥檚 website, or at an exhibition running weekday afternoons at 2-4 Old Street Yard until March 2.

Islington said it expected to make an announcement on the 鈥渂est design ideas鈥� in late March.