{"id":34210,"date":"2022-08-30T16:05:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34210"},"modified":"2022-08-29T17:56:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:56:38","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-gormleys-alan-turing-at-kings-approved-but-should-the-public-view-improve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34210","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Gormley\u2019s \u2018Alan Turing\u2019 at King\u2019s approved, but should the public view improve?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>King\u2019s College Cambridge has been given planning permission to install Sir Antony Gormley\u2019s sculpture commemorating Alan Turing, but some councillors called for a more public view, reports the Cambridge Independent.<\/em><\/h3>\n
image: for illustration – Alan Turing – age 16 by Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a1\/Alan_Turing_Aged_16.jpg<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026 commemoration of the mathematician\u2026.was \u2018long overdue\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n

Cambridge Independent<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

King\u2019s College has been given planning permission to install a sculpture commemorating the wartime codebreaker Alan Turing within its grounds, but some city councillors argued it should be in full public view.<\/p>\n

Historic England also raised concerns over the impact of the sculpture, designed by Sir Antony Gormley, on the historic setting of the University of Cambridge college.<\/p>\n

Standing at more than 3.6 metres and made of 19 steel blocks, the permanent installation will be placed next to the Wilkins Building.<\/p>\n

It means it will be visible to those at the college and to visitors, including those with a Cambridge residents\u2019 card and those paying the \u00a310 entry charge at King\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The college said a commemoration of the mathematician – famed for his role in cracking the Germans\u2019 Enigma code<\/a> during the Second World War – was \u201clong overdue\u201d.<\/p>\n

A representative from the college committee behind it told the city council\u2019s planning committee on Wednesday (August 3): \u201cTuring, perhaps King\u2019s most famous alumnus, is known for his groundbreaking work in computing, mathematics, mathematical biology and code-breaking at Bletchley\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said it had a \u201csculptural presence\u201d but was without a plinth and \u201cmodest enough in scale\u201d to feel human.<\/p>\n

\u201cGormley wishes it to stand at the heart of the college community – the place where Turing felt most at home.\u201d….<\/p>\n

Councillors were supportive of the sculpture to commemorate Turing, but raised questions over the site and how easy it would be for people to see and appreciate it\u2026<\/p>\n

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