supercity88
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That's class!
North Stand Construction Discussion
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That's class!
richards30
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That looks really smart actually!
Ha, I meant relative to the other two screens, not as overall conditions.
A part of me thought they might look to reduce screen C in size or possibly even contest it. So restricting it to still images and some dimmer lighting is a win for the club.
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It shows the scale of the new development, when the hotel is finished it will be the biggest in Manchester
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Wait until someone crashes whilst looking at a large still of Grealish's calves before you get too confident.
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This is about seven stories high, I do like them but I would continue it inside by changing the roof that covers City Square to feature the same technology that features on The Printworks roof.
By having a more solid roof instead of a canopy you could make a lot of money from advertisements for events that City have planned when football is not on as shown below
The solid roof would feature the same LED technology as The Print Works, and the light for the trees would give retractable skylights
This would mean that the hotel could also feature a rooftop terrace and the office would have the same, if you look at most offices that are getting built a vast majority of them have rooftop terraces.
I’m not complaining, even though some of you think I am again. ;-)
I’m not keen on the brown street level exterior/cladding/walls. It sticks out like a sore thumb. Blue (pale) or pale grey would have been better to tie in with the colours of the club or the colour of the Etihad’s exterior. Both would have been much more subtle than brown.
As a rule I like brown brick or Manchester Victorian red brick.
Right, I've figured out where this guy goes! Stay tuned if you care. Or if you don't, you are getting it anyway! Once I collate my evidence.
Thanks.
I still would have preferred a more subtle colour to tie in with the rest of the North stand expansion and the stadium.
I might think differently when I see the actual colour of the bricks in real life.
Right. A few pages back I wondered where the big bit of steel with the nibs, circled in red below goes.
My first thoughts was the regular angled nibs are for seat terraces, but thought, surely nowhere near that. My other thought was to meet roof purlins at an angle, but there are way more then there are main purlin lines.
Looking at it closer, it is in fact for seats, and the connection plates at either end connect to these end pieces here
It is the new tier of seating. Here is further proof below.
Which incidentally also really highlights the sheer scale of the stadium extension.
Which is in the next post as I can only attach 5 images.
My first thoughts was the regular angled nibs are for seat terraces, but thought, surely nowhere near that. My other thought was to meet roof purlins at an angle, but there are way more then there are main purlin lines.
Looking at it closer, it is in fact for seats, and the connection plates at either end connect to these end pieces here
It is the new tier of seating. Here is further proof below.
Which incidentally also really highlights the sheer scale of the stadium extension.
Which is in the next post as I can only attach 5 images.
If it’s a similar brick to the Island Office development in town, I’ll be happier. There are so many shades of brick. I just hope the brick colour isn’t too dark?
Which incidentally also really highlights the sheer scale of the stadium extension.
Section 1: existing north stand, the main structural column and cables they are building around currently, highlighted in green.
Section 2: new extension section overlaid, and the current steel tower you see in the video and images is highlighted in purple. We are actually one bay away from the main roof support which is one bay back. The steel beam circled above, is the big fuck-off diagonal at the top and the nibs are indeed the seat step props.
Secrion 3: the new extension itself, with the current roof, support structure, and bays that will be removed highlighted in red. More to show the difference it will make and the sheer scale of it.
Section 1: existing north stand, the main structural column and cables they are building around currently, highlighted in green.
Section 2: new extension section overlaid, and the current steel tower you see in the video and images is highlighted in purple. We are actually one bay away from the main roof support which is one bay back. The steel beam circled above, is the big fuck-off diagonal at the top and the nibs are indeed the seat step props.
Secrion 3: the new extension itself, with the current roof, support structure, and bays that will be removed highlighted in red. More to show the difference it will make and the sheer scale of it.
I always look forward to seeing the mock-ups. They give a true sense of what the exterior looks like. Hopefully a drone will pick it out and I can get some decent pictures of it afterwards, depending on where it’s located.
Dammit, I was trying to get the two posts together in quick succession but you got in just inbetween lol. There are indeed many shades of brick, if ever there was a life saying in there. I trust them to pick out a good one.
I couldn't see any sign of it in the drone video yet, but I am sure it will get noticed. Could be anywhere from the cabins compound, to on the steel itself at higher level. There is an area close to the public walkway too that seems ideal for it.
But ultimately when celebrating a 3-0 win in the square, doubt anyone will particularly care, including you on the shade of brick or me on the colour of the horizontal panels ;)
To support your evidence I took this picture on the way home today from outside the Bank of England. Not the best picture but sure to bring a tier to a few people’s eyes!
The picture doesn’t do justice to the mark the redevelopment makes on the view/landscape already from so far away!
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I took this yesterday just before my Stadium Tour
I do care mate. On a whole the new builds in the city centre look great, but there are a few absolute new whoppers that have gone up, including the their exterior cladding. I utterly detest chequered panels of any colour.