Platform_Architecture_and_Design_1.pdf

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Project
BATTERSEA POWER STATION
WORK IN PROGRESS
Location
LONDON
Masterplan
RAPHAEL VIÑOLI’S
Designers
FOSTER + PARTNERS
GEHRY & PARTNERS
BATTER
SEA
POWER
STATION
In London, the iconic Battersea Power Station, which was immortalized by
Pink Floyd and a symbol of post-war industrial revival is ready to become an
international epicentre and star of a new cutting edge residential area with
designs by masters of the calibre of Frank Gehry and Norman Foster.
The Battersea Power Station redevelopment project is one of the most
significant in Europe and covers an area of 17 hectares that will house 4,000
apartments, over 250 retail spaces and well over 7 hectares of park. The new
district will be home to 25,000 residents and over 40 million visitors a year, thus
becoming a new focal centre both for tourists and Londoners themselves.
WORK IN PROGRESS – The first phase of the Battersea Power Station will
open in 2016, and the entire project will be completed in 2025. In the meantime,
the shareholders in the Battersea Power Station and Battersea Power Station
Development Company (“BPSDC”) have crossed the Channel to export this
new district to the new international capitals of culture, such as Milan,
Paris and New York but also Dubai, Kuala Lumpur and many others.
THE POWER STATION – Created by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, responsible for the House
of Commons at Westminster, the original building now housing the Tate Modern and
the iconic red London telephone boxes, the Power Station now sits abandoned on
the South bank of the Thames. The redevelopment project includes 250 residential
units, 4 penthouses, an auditorium, a cinema and even a boutique hotel as well
as six floors of offices for 5,000 people. At the heart of the building three floors of
shops alternate between luxury brands, restaurants and independent designers.
BATTERSEA