Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms and Vauxhall - redevelopment plans and news

[ViolentPanda]

The phallic symbol is in the eye of the beholder.

Ah. That must be why my eye aches.

 

[paolo]

Some kind of development is going to have to happen in order for the power station itself to survive though.

Yep. Chimneys are already beyond economic repair now.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Yep. Chimneys are already beyond economic repair now.

Wasn't there some talk about replacing the existing chimneys with some kind of lookey-likey replicas at one time?

 

[paolo]

Yes - plastic ones

 

[teuchter]

Yep. Chimneys are already beyond economic repair now.

Is that officially the case now?

 

[teuchter]

Vinoly's latest redesign...

Big glass chimney has gone and all the new buildings are to remain below "shoulder height" of the power station.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=11737&mjc=t

 

[rennie]

Surely the council ought to get their act together and give permission for something to go up on the site? It looks awful now.

 

[citydreams]

I want it to be a freight distribution centre for London. Served by robots fed on sustainable energy bars.

It might just happen.

 

[Crispy]

Vinoly's latest redesign...

Big glass chimney has gone and all the new buildings are to remain below "shoulder height" of the power station.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=11737&mjc=t

Pretty lame urban design if you ask me

 

[g force]

The bits to the far left and rear are really dull and lifeless - the other housing 'blocks' directly to either side of the Power Station building don't look too bad

 

[Crispy]

Bear in mind this is just an Outline Planning Application, so the actual design of the buildings is yet to be determined. Only the massing counts at this stage. And the massing demonstrates the massive amount of floorspace that's required to make this site profitable. It's the endless problem. Big site with contaminated ground and poor infrastructure. Big cleanup and infrastructure bill (either new tube or rennovated railway) means lots of floorspace required to get money back. Lots of floorspace means big bulky buildings or towers. Bulk or towers means Planning fail. Now sell the site on for someone else to have a go.

 

[IMR]

More yuppie housing yawn

The site should have a permanent funfair on it, like there used to be in Battersea Park. Londoners need a funfair.

 

[g force]

Or another annex to the Park full of water features

 

[ViolentPanda]

Pretty lame urban design if you ask me

Although still an improvement on the previous design, imo.

 

[teuchter]

The site should have a permanent funfair on it, like there used to be in Battersea Park. Londoners need a funfair.

Draw up your business plan and see if you can get the land owners interested in it then...

 

[ViolentPanda]

Draw up your business plan and see if you can get the land owners interested in it then...

I'm still firmly of the opinion that the landowners will be happy to sit on their hands until the fabric of the power station has deteriorated enough that it has become unrepairable, so they can just clear the whole thing.

 

[Leafster]

I'm still firmly of the opinion that the landowners will be happy to sit on their hands until the fabric of the power station has deteriorated enough that it has become unrepairable, so they can just clear the whole thing.

I tend to agree. It may be an iconic landmark but it was built for a specific purpose and re-engineering it for a different one will be difficult. The longer it remains untouched it will continue to decay and only make it more difficult (and uneconomic) to redevelop and strengthen the argument for demolition.

 

[London_Calling]

The right hand side is finished and occupied. I haven't been around the left side for a long while but there's been work going on on that side for years.

tbh, I struggle caring; all this for four chimney's and a brick frontage?

To state the obvious, power stations aren't unknown in London.

 

[Crispy]

The site adjacent to the railway is a seperate concern. Nothing to do with this proposal and not owned by this developer.

 

[beeboo]

It's the endless problem. Big site with contaminated ground and poor infrastructure. Big cleanup and infrastructure bill (either new tube or rennovated railway) means lots of floorspace required to get money back. Lots of floorspace means big bulky buildings or towers. Bulk or towers means Planning fail. Now sell the site on for someone else to have a go.

Yup

 

[IMR]

Draw up your business plan and see if you can get the land owners interested in it then...

No, I'd much rather grumble on a bulletin board about it.

 

[r0bb0]

This area may get redeveloped soon as the U.S. embassy are moving here

Treasury holdings have submitted plans to the council.
http://www.battersea-powerstation.com/#/home

http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/download/914/nine_elms_wandsworth-regeneration_in_the_heart_of_london
The Northern Line may get extended to here from Kennington. If it goes ahead it will be 20 billion quids and the largest redevelopment in Europe.

The redevelopment schedule is for 2020. With that and Elephant and Castle redevelopment it will make a huge difference to my local area as I'm in Kennington, which is inbetween them.

 

[r0bb0]

 

[r0bb0]

 

[r0bb0]

if you'd like a closer look you could go freeze festival
http://www.thefreezefestival.com/

 

[editor]

Here's the latest set of plans which have just been approved:

http://www.urban75.org/blog/battersea-power-station-redevelopment-plans-get-the-green-light/

Do. Not. Like.

 

[Crispy]

The developers are practically bankrupt and the power station will still cost too much to restore.
Ain't gonna happen.

I'll say it again - nothing will happen to this site until the power station falls down of its own accord.

 

[zenie]

interesting...I enjoyed the open day but was pissed you couldn't go inside.

 

[fogbat]

The developers are practically bankrupt and the power station will still cost too much to restore.
Ain't gonna happen.

I'll say it again - nothing will happen to this site until the power station falls down of its own accord.

There could always be a suspicious fire, I suppose.

 

[Crispy]

There's not much left to burn tbh. It's just a brick shell.