TOURIST CAMPS

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 153, 26 December 1936, Page 12

TOURIST CAMPS

A PRIZE COMPETITION

(From "The Post's" Representative.) LONDON, December 5.

Two young architects, Messrs. R. J-Spence-Sales, B.A. (Wellington, New Zealand), and J. Bland (Canada), have won a competition organised by the Timber Development Association for improving the design of tourist • and holiday camps. The design submitted by the successful entrants secured the first prize of £150. There were, 69 competitors from all parts of the United Kingdom, and the ideas suggested were all of high merit.

The assessors of the competition were Sir Guy Dawber, R.A., chairman of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England, Mr. G. A. Jellicoe, Mr. G. Langley Taylor, and Mr. John Tourist traffic in the United Kingdom is increasing'at such a rate that the problem of accommodation in many parts of the country is growing acute. A boom in cycling and walking is adding to the difficulties. The object of the competition was to show how this problem could be met economically and agreeably by the construction of welldesigned wooden buildings in the country. Entrants had to submit designs fora two-acre camp, suitable for tourists, with sleeping accommodation for 200 in 10 to 20 buildings, with a bathroom for every 10 persons. A din-ing-room with canteen, kitchen, stores, staff accommodation for five, car park, and shelter for 50 cycles were specified. Wood was stated to be necessary throughout, except for foundations, flues, and fireplaces, and copies of period buildings were not allowed. The competition was open to any registered architect or student (at any school recognised by the R.1.8.A.) of British nationality.