To glorify the medieval passageway running through the centre of the site at ground level; by creating an oculus looking skywards, a vertical plane running through the building should connect the central soffit below with the rooftop garden and skyscape above.
To deliver an impressive large-scale audiovisual installation that would transform the public highway into an experiential artistic encounter for visitors travelling through the passage between Fenchurch Street and Fenchurch Avenue.
Fen Court, designed by Eric Parry Architects, was Generali Real Estate’s first London development. At its heart runs a medieval passageway, reimagined as a modern public thoroughfare connecting Fenchurch Street with Fenchurch Avenue. Above it, a soaring digital ceiling frames the sky — transforming a daily shortcut into a cultural encounter.
Sysco engineered this vision in 2018 with the installation of one of Europe’s largest suspended LED displays: a 180m² digital ceiling suspended 9.5 metres overhead. Beyond the scale, the challenge lay in making the system both seamless and sustainable — front-serviceable for easy maintenance, and powerful enough to combine live 4K camera feeds with dynamic media playback. The result was a canvas that could shift from architectural feature to immersive art in an instant.
Since its launch, we’ve continued to support the installation with seasonal activations for Remembrance Day, Pride, Earth Day, and more — helping establish it as a shared platform for cultural moments. But one question remained: how could the public take part directly?
In 2025, the project evolved into Skyframe London: a civic digital arts platform, free and open to all. Its first activation, the Skyframe Piano, invited passers-by to create generative skyscapes overhead through music. From children striking their first notes to professional pianists playing daily, each performance reshaped the sky in real time — turning a city walkway into a stage for spontaneous creativity.
Building on that success, The Skyframe Awards launched later the same year, offering emerging UK digital artists the chance to showcase new work on the canvas with Sysco’s technical support.
What began as a bold architectural intervention has become a cultural landmark: a shared canvas for wonder, storytelling, and togetherness — engineered by Sysco, and evolving with its community.
