[belfastuniguy]

Pre-application public consultation opens on 27th September. A QUB site with details and images will go live on that date also - www.qub.ac.uk/home/student-centre-public-consultation

Not sure what the proper proposal will be but this render gives an idea...

 

[belfastuniguy]

I like it!

 

[Conor]

Nice but fairly unadventurous by QUB standards. I do like the classic Internationalist/Mies Van der Rohe hints.

 

[belfastuniguy]

Nice but fairly unadventurous by QUB standards. I do like the classic Internationalist/Mies Van der Rohe hints.

It is very tame but I'd guess that's them working with the conservation area in mind. I think it's quite classy personally.

 

[hypnotoad24]

Certainly a significant upgrade on what is currently there! I was originally hoping the front of the building would sit parallel with University Road, but i do like the proposed landscaping, and it looks all the better without the myriad of steps and ramps currently there. I wonder if it would be possible to keep the landscaping theme going outside the Elmwood Hall church- a repaved square with a flower bed keeping the sames lines as the ones outside the Union would look good i think.

Interesting to see the renders suggest the area to the right/rear of the building will be paved too, currently it comprises several car parks. Would be a good area for any outdoor events the Union hosts, and beer garden/outdoor cafe seating.

 

[Not Tall Enough]

I like it too, more in keeping with the area. I'm sure its the same size as the current building, but the design makes it look much shorter for some reason.

They should definitely clear the car park out the back for a better communal space but I cant see the university staff giving up their free car parking otherwise they would have cleared it years ago.

 

[belfastuniguy]

I cant see the university staff giving up their free car parking

QUB staff pay for parking. It's deducted from their salary and the waiting list for a permit is horrific!

 

[Not Tall Enough]

Glider will solve their problems but that's for a different thread.

I know why the building looks smaller now, without the big steps to the main entrance it looks much shorter. I think there should be some kind of event space outside for things like freshers etc it was always a bit of a mess when groups where trying to recruit out the front. if they do replace the car park it should be big enough but its still tucked away a bit. A bit more room at the front would be give them more visibility when they are protesting the next tuition fees like all good students should do.

 

[plank007]

It's brilliant. The step free access is great. I guess that means they're digging down for the Mandela Hall?

P.S.Stunning renders. Like Belfast Harbour, QUB know how to do things right.

P.S x2 University of Ulster take note of what's possible on North St or Union St. Would transform the area.

 

[hypnotoad24]

Planning application in for the new Student Union. Some slight tweaks to the design.


QUB2 by hypnotoad24, on Flickr


QUB3 by hypnotoad24, on Flickr


QUB1 by hypnotoad24, on Flickr

 

[belfastuniguy]

 

[Petaaa]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1301573105932959746

Piling rigs in

 

[Petaaa]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1314486007870484482

 

[belfastuniguy]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1315965617091104769

 

[Petaaa]

Plans for new sports pitches at Stranmillis College approved after knife-edge Belfast council vote

An application for new sports pitches at Stranmillis College has been approved on a knife-edge vote by Belfast City Council, despite a flood of objections from local residents.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

 

[Not Tall Enough]

Oh dear, the poor residents of Cleaver Park must be horrified that adult children will be playing games in their back yard. The noise and screams will send chills down their poor spines.
It's crazy how streets with lots of money can bring decisions like this to a knife edge despite none of the statutory bodies having an issue with it.

 

[citybus]

And there was was me thinking there already was tennis courts there, there certainly was in the 90's

 

[Whiteabbey]

Now two cranes on site

 

[hypnotoad24]

Some of the structure underway, two cores towards the rear of the site too.


20201212_135403 by hypnotoad24, on Flickr


20201212_135509 by hypnotoad24, on Flickr