Battersea Power Station

Se você gosta de Pink Floyd, a visita a essa estação de energia é parada obrigada em Londres. E se você está se perguntando por que uma estação de energia deveria ser vista, te conto uma história…
Em 1976 um porco rosa foi visto sobrevoando os céus de Londres. O porquinho deveria ir para outra estação de energia, mas com o cabo rompido saiu livremente pela cidade e foi um caos. Teve até helicóptero da polícia indo atrás para entender o porquê daquele porquinho.
O porco foi abatido pela polícia, mas a imagem dele sobre a Battersea virou capa do álbum ‘Animals’ em 1977 –do Pink Floyd. E a cena agora faz parte da historia e vez ou outra aparece em algum filme. Não sei se dá para entrar na estação, provavelmente não. A estação fica a beira do rio Thames e a região sofreu uma boa revitalização nos últimos anos. Então o passeio é bem agradável.

J’adore cette grande centrale désaffectée symbole de l’Angleterre industrielle du siècle dernier. Elle impose, elle fait peur même! On imagine Londres à l’époque où elle était la plus grande ville au monde sous un nuage de pollution.

One of the most commentable buildings in London. I’ve seen it used as a film location in Children of Men and Richard the 3^rd. They didn’t prepare me for how impressive it would look in real life. I don’t know if its just me but I have NEVER seen anywhere that looks so spooky and scary. And I like horror movies. I would hate to see this place go from the London cityscape, I know it isn’t working anymore but there is nowhere else quite like it.

What an amazing structure. For years and years I’ve seen this from afar but not actually been down to look at it. But I managed to get down here the other day for the London Freeze winter sports/​music festival (which was absolutely AWFUL by the way! whoever organised that should be slapped round the face with a wet kipper) But the structure of this iconic building just blew me away. I really hope someone finishes the rennovation at some point, whatever it’s going to be. London needs its favourite power station back to its former glory.

I use to jog pass this every morning and don’t see what so amazing about the building, the four chimney seem a bit pointless, there is a massive amount of land here i’m sure they could make more use of this if they knock it all down and start something from scratch, the sooner the better.

i was brought up not even 5 minutes away from this, battersea power station is a landmark in london years ago it was going to be turned into a large shopping complex or something like alton towers but it still remains the same

I was extremely lucky enough to go on a walking tour of this on the 4^th July. It’s much more massive and impressive than it looks when you get in the grounds and I’m looking forward to the proposals for regenerating it. The developer appear to be doing a good job with plans for a new Tube station there, housing, entertainment, shopping and an even larger EcoDome — think Eden Project — but that will importantly mean that it can start producing power again — but «clean, green, power».
The link that andeecy had given has all the plans and I have a fuller review with more pictures here

Overall it’s an incredible building and words can hardly do it justice really and I’m pleased that such an icon image of London looks like it will remain well into the next century.

It is indeed an amazing building and should defintly stay functional or not. The sheer scale and size and of the structure alone is enough to warrant its place as a local landmark and it will be a great blow to the surrounding areas culture if it is destroyed or converted into a different building type.

Arriving in London for the first time I found this building the most recognisable for me. More than Big Ben — Tower Bridge or Buckingham Palace. I have always referred to it as The Pink Floyd building. It is an extroadinary structure. It’s equally beautiful and ugly; powerful and useless. It’s a wonderful modernist sculputre which accompanies the Tate Modern down the river and provides contrasting relief from the neo gothic and neo classic monsters on the north bank. Buildings of the people rather than the gentry.
I hope they develop it tastefully.

When you’re walking in the area of Chelsea Bridge or Battersea Park, this building captures your eye –it’s massive and impressive and it doesn’t go unnoticed.
Once used as a source for energy, now it is considered just a defunct power station, yet its image became iconic over the time –being pictured on music album covers (such as Pink Floyd’s Animals) and being the filming set for movies (A.Hitchcock’s Sabotage; the last Batman movie –The Dark Knight etc.).
Looking at it I saw its dark silence of desolation … A structure which seems to be wondering about what the future will bring –survival, rebirth or demolition.
Everybody who cares can have a word about its fate –consultation lines are open.
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