The gate is located on the traffic island at the edge of the City of London on the junction of Aldgate High Street and
Houndsditch. The location marks the eastern-most gateway of former City wall. Coincided with London Olympic
2012, the design strengthens the history of ‘Ale-Gate’ as the gate that welcomed all to London. The gate is designed to address all users engaging with the site: pedestrians, vehicles and city fauna passing and crossing the junction. The design concept emphasises ‘space between’ the gate and its immediate surroundings resulting in the unique
geometry of the design and the inbetween space which continually changes with speed and directions of the passerbys.The design works not only as an actual gateway but also as the facilitator of many spatial gateways that
define the street space around it. Its overall silhouette attempts to bridge the scales of the skyline of high-rise buildings in the City and that of medium-height buildings in the East End.