Sifting through some old photo's...I found these great pictures of Battersea Power station, taken whilst working for Rafael Vinoly Architects before starting at university.
As RVA won the Battersea Power Station competition, I was invited to go on a quick visit one day to see the site. It really is such an amazing structure...and even in its shell of a state, there are still reminders of the building's history.
In the main area, murals of 40's inspired social activity oddly appear on the wall....as if this room could have once been a large dance hall! And onto another floor, the power room - hundreds of dials under most of London's streetnames...a gloomy atmosphere which once would have been a busy hub in this incredible building.
The proposals for the site are interesting. Initial concepts that won Vinoly the competition would probably shock a lot of Londoner's....no surprise then that they will not continue with these proposals. When the scheme is complete, the development will be home to some 7,000 new residents and up to 13,000 new jobs will be created. 3,500 homes will be built on the site and 2,500 jobs will be created during the construction phase. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2012 and the development will be complete by 2020 – subject to timescales through the planning process.
In the main area, murals of 40's inspired social activity oddly appear on the wall....as if this room could have once been a large dance hall! And onto another floor, the power room - hundreds of dials under most of London's streetnames...a gloomy atmosphere which once would have been a busy hub in this incredible building.
The proposals for the site are interesting. Initial concepts that won Vinoly the competition would probably shock a lot of Londoner's....no surprise then that they will not continue with these proposals. When the scheme is complete, the development will be home to some 7,000 new residents and up to 13,000 new jobs will be created. 3,500 homes will be built on the site and 2,500 jobs will be created during the construction phase. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2012 and the development will be complete by 2020 – subject to timescales through the planning process.
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