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I wonder what Boris & Simon will think of this hmmmmmmm.

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3116482

Battersea Power Station - images

19 June, 2008

By Will Hurst

The first images of Rafael Viñoly's mixed-use design for Battersea Power Station have been revealed.

Owner and developer Real Estate Opportunities (REO) is aiming for the £4 billion scheme to become a zero carbon exemplar, BD's sister paper Property Week is due to report on Friday.

REO, part of Irish firm Treasury, aims to restore the derelict Grade II*-listed power station and convert it into a range of uses including apartments, retail, and a hotel while the remainder of the site will host a range of residential and office uses within a transparent structure topped by a 300m-high tower.

The tower itself appears to echo the chimneys of Giles Gilbert Scott’s power station itself.



 
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List of £350m Battersea bidders revealed

At least four firms are known to be in the running to build the £350m first phase of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment.

The scheme involves construction of two mixed-use buildings up to 18-storeys high containing 800 apartments, a 120-bed hotel, 230 student rooms, restaurants, bars and leisure facilities.

A source close to the bidding told the Enquirer that the four in the hunt are Carillion, Laing O’Rourke, Sir Robert McAlpine and Lend Lease.

The source added: “McAlpine is favourite for the next phase which is the main power station job but this first phase is mainly resi so it will be a fierce competition and be all about the price.”

Construction work is expected to start this summer.
Constructionenquirer.com - 13th February
 
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Churchill Gardens is great social history and was groundbreaking for its time. Just a shame it looks like all the other shite of the period, and it's right on the showcase riverfront.

Lets be honest, if this was in Peckham or Elephant we would have all been baying for its destruction by now.







Its currently plagued by gang violence despite being in wealthy old Pimlico, the most recent being the high profile murder 16 year old Hani Keir, picked at random, stabbed multiple times and disembowelled by ten people.
 
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I lived for a few months in Westmoreland Terrace, close to Churchill Gardens. I must say that I always found this estate neat with well kept grounds and lawns - a worthy product of its time. I used to walk through part of the estate to reach the bus stop for the 24 on the embankment. Crime can happen anywhere in London and Pimlico is no exception. Compare it to places such as Peckham or Hackney.

It always surprised me that a council estate would be granted one of the best locations, right on the river embankment. But I guess when the estate was built, Pimlico was a deprived area and a poor relation to Westminster and Victoria, so it didn’t come as a bonus. Things have changed now with property valuation in Pimlico almost on a par with those in Chelsea and Kensington. There are some very desirable apartments on the other side of the Grosvenor Bridge beside the Western Pumping Station and it is a short walk from the Churchill estate to Chelsea. How many of you would teurn down a chance to live in those parts? Battersea is right opposite.
 
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Churchill Gardens

Hello this is my first post. I live near Churchill Gardens and wanted to add my views. Firstly, about people: Churchill Gardens is a huge estate, but it is not "plagued with gang violence". There has been some gang activity recently and a horrifying murder, but in general the estate is fairly peaceful considering the density and scale. It is also about half leaseholders now and this does mean less concentration of one tenure.

The estate is a conservation area for good reason. If you look closely you will see that there is much more to it than other estates that look superfically similar. Google for more info on this. It is also beautifully landscaped and the only thing that detracts from its aesthetic quality is the inappropriate replacement windows and doors on some flats - now not permitted and gradually being replaced with designs more in keeping with the originals. I'd say that there are only a handful of estates of this quality in London - Hallfield in Paddington is one and Spa Green in Islington is another that comes to mind.

A couple of other points. Lillington Gardens is much later and although it is also very good, I'm not sure I'd say it integrates into its surroundings more or less and than Churchill. The painted concrete of Churchill Gardens integrates well with the Victorian stucco of Pimlico.

As for the river location: Churchill Gardens was concieived at a time of great optimism and of socialist ideals just after WW2 - nothing was too good for the "everyman". It makes me very sad that these ideas seem to have been crushed almost out of exsitence today. Also bear in mind that until fairly recently living near the river was not really much of a plus. It was filthy and polluted right up till the 60s.
 
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London's Battersea Power Station is transformed into a museum of architecture and surrounded by a giant roller coaster in these competition-winning proposals by French studio Atelier Zündel Cristea.



The conceptual plans were awarded first prize in the international competition coordinated by ArchTriumph, which invited applicants to suggest how the crumbling brick landmark could be used as an exhibition centre dedicated to architecture.



"Our aim was to imagine a new cathedral to architecture, a building that will challenge its sister structure, the Tate Modern, for international acclaim," said Atelier Zündel Cristea, explaining how they looked to Herzog & de Meuron's renovation of the Bankside Power Station for inspiration.



A curved scaffolding structure would weave in and around the building, creating a network of pathways between the exhibition spaces and providing the tracks for the roller coaster running along on top.

http://www.dezeen.com/2013/03/06/architectural-ride-battersea-power-station/
 
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I prefer what we're getting. The stadium would have demolished too much of the power station.
 
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