Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[somapop]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

Cheers Petrusha.

Anyhoo...I think if we hear anything re the collar site it will be, at the very least, until after the WC.

The speed of the academy (despite, perhaps a delay in the finish date) is outstanding.
It wasn't that long ago the site looked like this:

I really like this image, particularly around the spirals...it's got that new world modern, Dubai look to it. Does anybody know if the spirals are having anything done to them? They don't really look like the existing concrete on this picture (too large to insert image and can't find smaller version):

http://oi39.tinypic.com/14sio1w.jpg

 

[CityStu]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

Can anyone point me towards a map of the collar site? Got a feeling it's larger than the picture I have in my head!

 

[jrb]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

The first proper flythrough of the Beswick Community Hub. Looks great! :-)

Click on the link at the bottom of the article to watch the video.

Manchester Evening News.

Cheque, mate? 'B of the Bang' cash pays for £341,000 giant chess pieces coming to Beswick

City bosses promise the new statues are 'stainless steel and sturdy'

A public sculpture styled on giant chess pieces is coming to Beswick - and council bosses promise it won’t 'do a B of the Bang' and fall apart.

Created by artist Ryan Gander and dubbed ‘Dad’s Halo Effect’, the £341,000 work has been built using the refund from the B of the Bang - the 184ft structure taken down in 2009 after a succession of spikes fell off.

It will be centrepiece to the Beswick regeneration project, unveiled in September.

It’s composed of a trio of 3m high highly polished stainless steel sculptures in a checkmate position.

Mr Gander, whose other public works are in New York and London, lived in Miles Platting while studying interactive arts at Manchester Metropolitan University.

He says it’s impossible to know which piece is on which side - harking to the adage it’s not the winning but the taking part that counts.

The work is also based on the steering mechanism of a commercial Bedford truck - originally described to Ryan by his father who worked for General Motors.

It is this meaning and back story that Ryan refers to as the ‘halo effect’.

In a video link from Singapore at the Beswick Library design launch, he added: “I really like the idea that physically objects can be the same but there is a story or history associated with them that makes them more, that’s why they are valuable. The halo effect refers also to all the other possible stories with the work - what the work means to everyone else, to footballers at the academy or students, all the people who use the space, and if it remains open in its ability to tell different stories then I think the work resists closure and can just go on forever.”

Richard Leese, council leader, said the B of the Bang budget was being well-spent.

He added: “This comes from the refund on the B of the Bang. I loved it and it was an enormous shame it didn’t work from an engineering perspective.

“The refund could only be used for public art and that’s what we are doing now.”

Coinciding with a Ryan Gander exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery opening July 3, the gallery will host a month of community art education workshops with Beswick schools and groups, some led by Ryan.

Click on the link to see the flythrough. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-public-art-for-beswick-7224983" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... ck-7224983</a>

Click to enlarge.

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[bigimg]http://i4.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article7225010.ece/alternates/s2197/JS38537814.jpg[/bigimg]

Manchester thanks Sheikh Mansour! :-)

 

[fbloke]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

Can anyone point me towards a map of the collar site? Got a feeling it's larger than the picture I have in my head!

The collar site is the area to the right of the stadium in this image.

There is a wider area to the north and east that City already own and other parcels of land that will fall under the control of the MCFC/MCC JV (joint venture)

 

[Centurions]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

Cheers Petrusha.

Anyhoo...I think if we hear anything re the collar site it will be, at the very least, until after the WC.

The speed of the academy (despite, perhaps a delay in the finish date) is outstanding.
It wasn't that long ago the site looked like this:

I really like this image, particularly around the spirals...it's got that new world modern, Dubai look to it. Does anybody know if the spirals are having anything done to them? They don't really look like the existing concrete on this picture (too large to insert image and can't find smaller version):

http://oi39.tinypic.com/14sio1w.jpg

[bigimg]http://i39.tinypic.com/14sio1w.jpg[/bigimg]

Use the bigimg tag.

 

[Centurions]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

Can anyone point me towards a map of the collar site? Got a feeling it's larger than the picture I have in my head!

The collar site is the area to the right of the stadium in this image.

There is a wider area to the north and east that City already own and other parcels of land that will fall under the control of the MCFC/MCC JV (joint venture)

Including potentially the Asda and carpark which just gets in the shot at center right.

 

[fbloke]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

Can anyone point me towards a map of the collar site? Got a feeling it's larger than the picture I have in my head!

The collar site is the area to the right of the stadium in this image.

There is a wider area to the north and east that City already own and other parcels of land that will fall under the control of the MCFC/MCC JV (joint venture)

Including potentially the Asda and carpark which just gets in the shot at center right.

If the rumours are true, yes. But that is outside of what is understood as the Collar Site.

 

[CityStu]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

Cheers both! Much appreciated.

 

[Centurions]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

The collar site is the area to the right of the stadium in this image.

There is a wider area to the north and east that City already own and other parcels of land that will fall under the control of the MCFC/MCC JV (joint venture)

Including potentially the Asda and carpark which just gets in the shot at center right.

If the rumours are true, yes. But that is outside of what is understood as the Collar Site.

Is that not purely because we don't own it (yet). Presumably it'll get rolled into the same scheme and give them room to expand further the plans? Unless the plans are about to be revealed of course.

 

[80s Shorts]

Re: Etihad Campus, Stadium Development and Collar Site (cont

The first proper flythrough of the Beswick Community Hub. Looks great! :-)

Click on the link at the bottom of the article to watch the video.

Manchester Evening News.

Cheque, mate? 'B of the Bang' cash pays for £341,000 giant chess pieces coming to Beswick

City bosses promise the new statues are 'stainless steel and sturdy'

A public sculpture styled on giant chess pieces is coming to Beswick - and council bosses promise it won’t 'do a B of the Bang' and fall apart.

Created by artist Ryan Gander and dubbed ‘Dad’s Halo Effect’, the £341,000 work has been built using the refund from the B of the Bang - the 184ft structure taken down in 2009 after a succession of spikes fell off.





















It will be centrepiece to the Beswick regeneration project, unveiled in September.

It’s composed of a trio of 3m high highly polished stainless steel sculptures in a checkmate position.

Mr Gander, whose other public works are in New York and London, lived in Miles Platting while studying interactive arts at Manchester Metropolitan University.

He says it’s impossible to know which piece is on which side - harking to the adage it’s not the winning but the taking part that counts.

The work is also based on the steering mechanism of a commercial Bedford truck - originally described to Ryan by his father who worked for General Motors.

It is this meaning and back story that Ryan refers to as the ‘halo effect’.

In a video link from Singapore at the Beswick Library design launch, he added: “I really like the idea that physically objects can be the same but there is a story or history associated with them that makes them more, that’s why they are valuable. The halo effect refers also to all the other possible stories with the work - what the work means to everyone else, to footballers at the academy or students, all the people who use the space, and if it remains open in its ability to tell different stories then I think the work resists closure and can just go on forever.”

Richard Leese, council leader, said the B of the Bang budget was being well-spent.

He added: “This comes from the refund on the B of the Bang. I loved it and it was an enormous shame it didn’t work from an engineering perspective.

“The refund could only be used for public art and that’s what we are doing now.”

Coinciding with a Ryan Gander exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery opening July 3, the gallery will host a month of community art education workshops with Beswick schools and groups, some led by Ryan.

Click on the link to see the flythrough. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-public-art-for-beswick-7224983" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... ck-7224983</a>

Click to enlarge.

[bigimg]http://i3.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article7225012.ece/alternates/s2197/JS38537015.jpg[/bigimg]

[bigimg]http://i1.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article7225011.ece/alternates/s2197/JS38537014.jpg[/bigimg]

[bigimg]http://i4.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article7225010.ece/alternates/s2197/JS38537814.jpg[/bigimg]

Manchester thanks Sheikh Mansour! :-)

I rather liked the "B" of the Bang.. These things just look like giant perfume bottles. Awful imo.