Aude-Line Duliere and Juliet Haysom have designed the Placeholders project, which was documented by Ele Mun.

When the V&A created the Exhibition Road Quarter in 2017, more than 400 large Portland stones were removed from the Aston Webb Screen, creating a new entrance to the museum.

To save the stones from being crushed into aggregate, they were hauled to a quarry in Dorset, where they have been dormant for nearly a decade.

In this strategic intervention, some of these stones made a comeback on Exhibition Road as street furniture.

This project illustrates the enduring possibilities and cultural richness for reusing local stone, which is emerging as one of the lowest environmental impact building materials.

This project has been longlisted in the installation design category of Dezeen Awards 2023.

Studio: Aude-Line Duliere and Juliet Haysom
Project: Placeholders
Credits: Ele Mun, Wallonie Brussels International, Wallonie Brussels Architecture, PAYE, Meneesha Kellay, Catriona Macdonald, Mark Haysom, Haysom Purbeck Stone, Rotor, Hugo Corbett, James Westcott, Ruth Siddall, Benoit Misonne, Pierre Bleue de Belgique, Francis Tourneur, Pierres et Marbres de Wallonie, Robert Greer, Carlo Raffaelli, Steve Webb, Webb Yates Engineers, Charlie Corry Wright, Zachary Mollica, The Architectural Association, Hooke Park, Caterina Miralles Tagliabue, Hailee Kukura, Corinna Gardner, Gary Noble, Peter Weeden, Gregory Colley, Kofi Anyang, Laurence Degoudenne, Nathalie Brison, Sebastien Mainil, Marie De Belder, Simona Palma, David Thonon, Sally Stott, Beatriz Chivite, Ke Yang, Pol-André Dulière, Francis Kezirian, Geoffrey Baillez, Merbes de Sprimont, Julie Abraham, Pierre Bleue de Belgique and Simon Barker