Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[The Fat el Hombre]

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

I liked the B of the bang, woulda been awesome with a lick of paint

 

[Norb]

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

I thought the use of Corten was genius personally

 

[Bill]

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

I liked the B of the bang, woulda been awesome with a lick of paint

Should never have been built. An eyesore and a waste of money.

 

[TonyM]

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

Loved it.

 

[Leveblue]

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I liked it, thought it looked good. What was the problem with it? Were the welds breaking?

I liked it, thought it looked great, especially when coming into manchehester on the train.

I read a report in a magazine regarding why it had bits falling off. The original plans had the long spikes made in single long pieces of plate metal, rolled and longitudinally seam welded. It would appear that to make fabrication easier, they did not do it in single lengths, but made them in two separate sections joined by circumferential welds. It was these circumferential welds which cracked causing the end bits to become detached and drop off. Shame really that they did not fab as planned, as I’m sure there would not have been a problem had they done so.

 

[Centurions]

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I thought the use of Corten was genius personally

Ahh, so the rusty look was actually deliberate? I'd never heard of Corben before, I always wondered why they didn't paint it or something.
I personally loved it, except for the bits falling off.

 

[somapop]

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I know a couple of miserable sod/so called 'realists' who can't stand s sculptures et al....but even they loved this.

Interesting to hear about the fabrication issues.

Also rumours in the bowels of this thread of another large scale sculpture planned (by Anish Kapoor who designed the Olympic stadium sculpture).

 

[blueparrot]

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I know a couple of miserable sod/so called 'realists' who can't stand s sculptures et al....but even they loved this.

Interesting to hear about the fabrication issues.

Also rumours in the bowels of this thread of another large scale sculpture planned (by Anish Kapoor who designed the Olympic stadium sculpture).

Wasn't that the april fool chute sculpture that was rumoured.

 

[somapop]

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

I know a couple of miserable sod/so called 'realists' who can't stand s sculptures et al....but even they loved this.

Interesting to hear about the fabrication issues.

Also rumours in the bowels of this thread of another large scale sculpture planned (by Anish Kapoor who designed the Olympic stadium sculpture).

Wasn't that the april fool chute sculpture that was rumoured.

Haha...I think it predated that to be fair.
They could utilise that 'slide that's never used' at the Aquatic Centre and paint it chrome if they want to run with that idea.

Petrusha - spotted that Telegraph article yesterday. Small titbits re Abu Dhabi, but god knows how much info Howard's holding back with regard to investment into Manchester. The Chinese, Abu Dhabi and Tomorrow project details must be bursting at the seams to come out.

 

[Nixon_The_Bike_Thief]

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I prefer the shiny chess peices we have commisioned with the artists refund, however the B of the Bang wasnt for me so anything was likely to be an improvement in my opinion.