Colindale tall building
 

Just outside Colindale station, to the right, there is a new building being erected lol.

It seems to be being constructed entirely from Containers sellotaped together. I mean those sea containers.

Has anyone seen it. Is this normal construction? And how can it take so long?

Colindale tall building
 

On 2016-03-25 19:17:51 +0000, Offramp said:

Just outside Colindale station, to the right, there is a new building
being erected lol.

It seems to be being constructed entirely from Containers sellotaped
together. I mean those sea containers.

Has anyone seen it. Is this normal construction? And how can it take so long?

Quite common now - I've seen home units made out of containers on
Trinity Buoy Wharf near East India and of course there's the Boxpark
shops at Shoreditch. They make quick shop and living spaces.

Colindale tall building
 

On 25.03.16 19:17, Offramp wrote:
Just outside Colindale station, to the right, there is a new building being erected lol.

It seems to be being constructed entirely from Containers sellotaped together. I mean those sea containers.

Has anyone seen it. Is this normal construction? And how can it take so long?

Another hipster hangout?

Colindale tall building
 

But why is it taking such a long time?

Colindale tall building
 

Colindale tall building
 

On 26/03/16 08:59, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 25.03.16 19:17, Offramp wrote:
Just outside Colindale station, to the right, there is a new building being erected lol.

It seems to be being constructed entirely from Containers sellotaped
together. I mean those sea containers.

Has anyone seen it. Is this normal construction? And how can it take so long?

Another hipster hangout?


In Colindale?


Could be this. Ye can see the concrete fire escape tower on streetview.


"18 storey
building comprising apart-hotel use to 55 rooms and 319 student
accommodation units (Sui Generis) with associated communal space. "


https://barnet.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s9902/Site%20to%20the%20rear%20of%20Colindale%20Station% 20Plaza%20comprising%20land%20of%20Former%20Statio n%20House%20and%20part%20of%20Form.pdf

or

http://preview.tinyurl.com/barnrt1


Nothing in there references sea containers though.


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Colindale tall building
 

On Saturday, 26 March 2016 10:10:19 UTC, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
On 26/03/16 08:59, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 25.03.16 19:17, Offramp wrote:
Just outside Colindale station, to the right, there is a new building being erected lol.

It seems to be being constructed entirely from Containers sellotaped
together. I mean those sea containers.

Has anyone seen it. Is this normal construction? And how can it take so long?

Another hipster hangout?


In Colindale?


Could be this. Ye can see the concrete fire escape tower on streetview.


"18 storey
building comprising apart-hotel use to 55 rooms and 319 student
accommodation units (Sui Generis) with associated communal space. "


https://barnet.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s9902/Site%20to%20the%20rear%20of%20Colindale%20Station% 20Plaza%20comprising%20land%20of%20Former%20Statio n%20House%20and%20part%20of%20Form.pdf

or

http://preview.tinyurl.com/barnrt1


Nothing in there references sea containers though.

Yes. That is it. I wish I had taken a picture of the sea containers.

Colindale tall building
 

On 26/03/2016 10:10, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
On 26/03/16 08:59, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 25.03.16 19:17, Offramp wrote:
Just outside Colindale station, to the right, there is a new
building being erected lol.

It seems to be being constructed entirely from Containers sellotaped
together. I mean those sea containers.

Has anyone seen it. Is this normal construction? And how can it
take so long?

Another hipster hangout?


In Colindale?


Could be this. Ye can see the concrete fire escape tower on streetview.


"18 storey
building comprising apart-hotel use to 55 rooms and 319 student
accommodation units (Sui Generis) with associated communal space. "

http://preview.tinyurl.com/barnrt1


Nothing in there references sea containers though.


Thanks. Like Offramp I have been puzzled by this construction and its
purpose. Apart from the strange container-like units and snail like
progress it also appears to have almost no windows. Seems very odd even
for students.

Noted the comment about the "Colindale transport hub" - a whole new way
of describing a tube station with one bus stop for two local routes
(opposite stop is a long way down the road).

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On 2016-03-25 23:36:44 +0000, Offramp said:

But why is it taking such a long time?



Maybe because it's going up as one building and it's big? These ones in
the links below at Trinity Buoy Wharf have been added to I think.

http://www.dekhduniya.com/wp-content...ity-London.jpg

http://www.urbanspace.com/assets/upl...NT_16.7.14.jpg

https://londonunveiled.files.wordpre.../07/fatboy.jpg

My kids go to school on the wharf at a small school called Faraday -
the man himself used to do experiments in the lighthouse and there's a
hut with some of his stuff to see.

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On Saturday, 26 March 2016 11:07:21 UTC, eastender wrote:
On 2016-03-25 23:36:44 +0000, Offramp said:

But why is it taking such a long time?

Maybe because it's going up as one building and it's big?

But all they have to do is put one container on top of another and sellotape them together. How hard can it be, as the bishop said to the actress.

Colindale tall building
 

On 26.03.16 8:59, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 25.03.16 19:17, Offramp wrote:
Just outside Colindale station, to the right, there is a new building being erected lol.

It seems to be being constructed entirely from Containers sellotaped
together. I mean those sea containers.

Has anyone seen it. Is this normal construction? And how can it take so long?

Another hipster hangout?


In Colindale?

Who knows? Perhaps they decided that it was the next cool place to be
seen? No idea.

Colindale tall building
 

On 26/03/16 16:46, wrote:
On 26.03.16 8:59, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 25.03.16 19:17, Offramp wrote:
Just outside Colindale station, to the right, there is a new
building being erected lol.

It seems to be being constructed entirely from Containers sellotaped
together. I mean those sea containers.

Has anyone seen it. Is this normal construction? And how can it
take so long?

Another hipster hangout?


In Colindale?

Who knows? Perhaps they decided that it was the next cool place to be
seen? No idea.

NW London has several regeneration projects creating thousands of new
homes. Maybe they are hoping oversupply will bring the unit prices down.

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Colindale tall building
 

On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 05:21:13AM -0700, Offramp wrote:

But all they have to do is put one container on top of another and sellotape them together. How hard can it be, as the bishop said to the actress.

That doesn't sound like a very sensible building. Are people expected to
climb up the outside to get to anywhere above the ground floor? Will
there be water and electricity? Is it OK for it to blow over in a strong
wind?

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On 31/03/2016 19:26, Steve Fitzgerald wrote:

There was a new hotel built not far from here (near Royal Albert) which
seemed to start life as a bundle of containers taped together which I
assumed was a temporary building related to the ABP project.

Seems it was a Holiday Inn Express!

If memory serves, Travelodge were the first to use such a construction
method for their Uxbridge hotel back in 2007/2008.

From BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7176594.stm

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