POWERH OU S E BATTERSEA POWER STATION MAGAZINE ISSUE 05 – WINTER 2015/16

Wild at Heart

BEAR BUYS AT BATTERSEA POWER STATION • INTRODUCTION BY QUENTIN WILLSON ICON OF INSPIRATION • I WANT TO WORK THERE • BATTERSEA ON INSTAGRAM

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THERE S STILL TIME Tº 06_ INTRODUCTION 36_ BEST OF BRITISH Motoring journalist and TV personality Quentin Willson on why How Battersea Power Station architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott Battersea Power Station is an enduring design classic has been honoured in the new British passport COME ABOARD 08_ I WANT TO WORK THERE 38_ ICON OF INSPIRATION Wilkinson Eyre architect Sebastian Ricard’s dream office 3 days, 450 artworks and a lot of LEGO bricks—what went down at Battersea Art Station 12_ 10 THINGS TO DO NEAR DON’T BATTERSEA POWER STATION 44_ SETTING THE SCENE What to do, and where to go Our interview with the new Director of BPS Estates Mark Hutton 14_ BATTERSEA V CHELSEA Property experts debate on the North-South divide and the effect 46_ LONDON CALLING regeneration will have on the Battersea area and beyond London in numbers—how the capital is growing

20_ CREATING A CONNECTED COMMUNITY 48_ FUELLING AMBITION AND CAREER ASPIRATION How the man who brought us Lara Croft and Tomb Raider Stepping up the career ladder is shaping a social network for the Battersea Power Station DO Development 50_ #LIVINGBATTERSEA Celebrating Battersea 22_ COMING HOME TV Adventurer Bear Grylls on life, adventure and his new home 52_ POWERING AHEAD at Battersea Power Station A snapshot of building progress on site

26_ BATTERSEA POWER STATION IN PICTURES 54_ THE YEAR IN REVIEW Snapshots of a scheme in progress A look back at 2015 30_ AT HOME WITH Lighting designer and buyer Patrick Woodroffe invites us into 56_ AND THE WINNER IS ORDINARY his home on the river Thames Why Battersea Power Station is an award winning development 32_ MAKING A SPLASH 58_ MY BATTERSEA art’otel checks in The site nurses keeping the workers working

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Editorial Team Su Yuen Ho Simon Cawte Sarah Lovick Lauren Grant Contributors David Taylor Quentin Willson Design wordsearch.co.uk Illustrations Peter Reynolds Zoe More O’Ferrall Photography Anthony Coleman Anthony Webb Charlie Round-Turner Dennis Gilbert Kilian O’Sullivan

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04 A DESIGN CLASSIC Introduction by Quentin Willson

Industrial architecture doesn’t normally excite us. Cathedrals, abbeys and stately homes tickle our hearts with delicate fingers, but rarely does the broad-shouldered utilitarianism of mills, warehouses and factories excite us. There is, though, one rather famous exception—Battersea Power Station.

e instinctively know millions of people towards those celebrated Doric chimneys. And Even decommissioned, in disrepair redevelopment. Aspiring owners also likely to attract up to 40 million entire history is that our famous this is one of Britain’s four soldierly chimneys. Industrial it’s always led a charmed and very and down-at-heel, scores of of a chunk of Britain’s industrial visitors every year. Beneath and liberalism and good taste meant that most unique buildings buildings really aren’t supposed distinctive life. During WWII, it developers still fielded twinkly plans history bought every single flat around those four chimneys will demolition of this truly remarkable butW it’s always had a strange and to do this. escaped German bombers largely to variously turn it into a theme available within weeks and it became be a dramatic living city styled by piece of architecture was never, ever weird energy that we can’t quite unscathed despite generating so park, football stadium, urban park, the fastest selling London property a roll call of star architects, Lord an option. Our much-loved redbrick get our heads round. Its power And, no, it’s not just because of that much steam that Londoners dubbed eco dome, hotel and retail site. development ever. That original Foster and Frank Gehry, making metaphor of hope, vision and (you’ll have to forgive the pun) is album cover. Sure, Pink Floyd’s 1977 it ‘the cloud factory’. By 1953 it was Through the ’90s and 2000s an grand vision of the ’20s is becoming the local Nine Elms community determination is hugely precious to genuinely monumental and that Animals sleeve with its flying pig powering a fifth of London’s homes, enormous mountain of money was grander still, and there’s every one of London’s most charismatic us and we couldn’t imagine London helped burnish the urban mythology, familiar silhouette still radiates a and by ’55 the fourth and final speculatively blown in attempts to chance that Battersea Power Station neighbourhoods. The socially without it. That it still exists at all but this unique energy is much ton of complex messages that we chimney went up, completing a guarantee its future. Then in 2013 will become a 42-acre district of improving energy that’s always been should be cause for celebration, deeper and more multi-faceted than struggle to pin down. We’re not 24-year build process. The post-war that strange magic amazed us yet London in its own right. A Northern central to this building’s history has but the fact that its future looks so that. Forgive me if I sound a little sure exactly why we love it, but public sighed in admiration at its again when the site was opened Line underground extension, six powered up all over again. amazingly bright and shiny is the we’re absolutely sure we do. jingoistic here, but I believe we love futuristic control rooms, stainless to public viewing for a single day. acres of public parks, hotels, several thing that should really make us Battersea Power Station because it’s steel fittings and Italian marble walls. 40,000 people waited for five hours cultural venues, 3,900 homes plus I love the perfect Britishness of this burst out cheering. Battersea Power Back in September the development a redbrick metaphor for everything The Royal Family visited, filmmakers in two queues that stretched to millions of square feet of offices story. Innovation, ambition, tenacity, Station stands as a monumental team hosted an art exhibition at that was, is and continues to be great used it as a backdrop, The Daily Record the Albert Bridge in one direction and shops add up to £8 billion style and endurance may define reminder of the brilliance of our the neighbouring Battersea Arts about Britain. Our affection starts called it a ‘Flaming Temple of Power’ and Vauxhall in the other. You’d be quid’s worth of regeneration. Tens our national psyche, but they’re past, present and future. I adore this Centre—aptly coined ‘Battersea with the ambitious vision in the and it settled into being a familiar forgiven for thinking that redundant, of thousands of local jobs will be also the defining characteristics of glorious building and, like millions Art Station’—to celebrate the local late ’20s to democratise electricity and optimistic symbol of Britain’s roofless and rusty, our affection for created by this wave of economic Battersea Power Station. But for me of others, am massively delighted creativity that’s always been one of for everybody. Then you’ve got the new industrial supremacy. Even this remarkable structure would activity and all that investment is the finest and most noble bit of this that it will now continue to fascinate the Power Station’s enduring core timeless lantern-jawed modernism through the stylistic shifts of the ’60s have lost some of its passion. Quite us all, literally, forever.  values. One hundred artists were of Gilbert Scott’s exterior design, and ’70s, the square-cut façade still the opposite—we now love Battersea expected, yet over three hundred coupled to all that world-class seemed bold and modern. In 1980, Power Station more than ever, but “ technical audacity. This was once from around the world arrived, hotly English Heritage granted a Grade II (and here’s the really remarkable bit) pursued by more than 5,000 wide- the most efficient power station in I LOVE THE PERFECT BRITISHNESS listing and it officially stopped we’re desperate for it to live again as eyed visitors. These are numbers that the world, with a main boiler bigger generating electricity in 1983— something even more spectacular. OF THIS STORY. INNOVATION, the Tate Modern can be proud of and than St Paul’s Cathedral, devouring but the crowds wouldn’t stay away. That haversack of mythology is now AMBITION, TENACITY, STYLE AND the event defied the organiser’s a million tons of coal a year and 340 generating its own electrical buzz. wildest expectations. And here’s the million gallons of water every day. As a venue for concerts, TV shows, ENDURANCE MAY DEFINE OUR bit I find most interesting—this odd Even today, it’s still one of Europe’s political manifesto launches, And if you think that claim is far NATIONAL PSYCHE, BUT THEY’RE magnetism repeats itself again and biggest brick-built structures. The Hollywood movies and photo shoots, too large, witness the sell-out sales again throughout this building’s list of historic superlatives really that indefinable magnetism kept of the first phase of apartments ALSO THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS 70 years and is the force that’s pulled does stack up higher than those pulling us all in. in the new Malaysian-funded OF BATTERSEA POWER STATION.

06 A DESIGN CLASSIC POWERHOUSE 07 I WANT TO WORK THERE

The offices at Battersea Power Station are a ‘dream’ for creatives and other firms who value a unique setting, flexibility, scale, and character. In fact it is, says the scheme’s architect, Sebastian Ricard of Wilkinson Eyre, the ‘ideal’ place in which to work and play.

08 I WANT TO WORK THERE POWERHOUSE 09 www.fionabarrattinteriors.com icard is from a French nice set of streets until you get to ‘Most firms rely on getting a lot rooftop gardens, 25m above ground, background and Malaysia Square. So your walk to of creative people and in order bridge walkways, and stunning remembers some of the the tube is going to be very unusual, to do that you need to create an views across six floors. And then Rbig firms going into La Défense in and of very high quality’. environment which is good for there are the flexible, large- Paris in the 1980s and 1990s. But that. It is flexible, but at the same scale floorplates that are ideally some of them started to realize That does not diminish when time not bland’, he goes on, ‘with orientated since they face east-west that their senior staff wanted a workers enter the building, where exposed brickwork, steelwork and and run to around 7,500 sq metres. nicer setting where they could they will be greeted by a giant services ensuring that everywhere It is, in fact, around the same size come home quickly. six storey-high atrium space that in the scheme people are connected as The Gherkin. is effectively an internal square to the existing fabric. It’s a very This is the first thing in Battersea’s 25m x 25m. The building itself contemporary, state-of-the-art ‘As a designer it is ideal because favour, although the design is such is unique, of course, and Ricard modern working environment, you have this character of the that people will want to stay to take believes power stations are the but at the same time you can feel, history and the combination of advantage of the bars, restaurants ‘cathedrals’ of the twentieth look or touch the existing fabric. modern elements into it, which and leisure spaces too. ‘The setting century, Battersea being 50m high There’s this dialogue going on is always a bit of a dream.’ Is is unique’, says Ricard, ‘and is even before the chimneys. This between contemporary modern it the kind of space he himself probably the only building of its means office staff already have a and the history’. would want to work in? ‘I think it scale you can see in London. That ‘proper address in a proper icon’, definitely is an ideal location’, says should be a problem, but it is an with spaces which are perfect To a degree this makes the scheme Ricard. ‘The space is fabulous, and asset. It means you can walk to the for creating a buzzy, creative the opposite of those new builds the surrounding is fabulous as well’. park without crossing the road, go studio environment feel. ‘A lot of in Canary Wharf, the City—or and jog, go out on the tube and just companies are looking for that La Défense, with character to walk through what will be a very at the moment’, says Ricard. the fore, including office pods in

“ ‘THE SETTING IS UNIQUE’, SAYS RICARD, ‘AND IS PROBABLY THE ONLY BUILDING OF ITS SCALE YOU CAN SEE IN LONDON’.

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FIONA BARRATT INTERIORS & FBC LONDON | 12 FRANCIS STREET | LONDON | SW1P 1QN 10 I WANT TO WORK THERE Tuck into a great steak at this Belgravia Be a culture vulture at The Saatchi restaurant or simply soak up the Gallery, showcasing contemporary atmosphere in its cigar terrace and whisky art by up and coming artists from bars to the sounds of live jazz every night. all over the world.

Indulge in a spot of retail therapy on the well-known King’s Road with its eclectic mix Unearth this little-known gem of trendy designer boutiques and high-street of a farmers’ market in this leafy staples, alongside a vast array of cafés, eateries backwater, within walking distance and inspirational interior design studios. of fashionable Sloane Square.

Slip away from the hustle and bustle of the city in this urban oasis and learn all about the medicinal, economic, cultural and environmental importance of plants. Play treasure hunter for a day amongst a selection of architectural antiques in LASSCO’s Brunswick House before putting your feet up in its celebrated restaurant, bar and coffee shop. Observe animals of all kinds at this enchanting kids’ zoo in the heart of Battersea Park—a perfect place for a day out with the little ones.

Pick up a bunch of freshly cut flowers and Sample some of the capital’s local malts experience a treat for the senses at the at The London Distillery Company, New Covent Garden Market, the UK’s granted London’s first licence to produce largest fruit, vegetable and flower market. single malt whisky in a century. Sate your artistic urges at this contemporary public exhibition space in a distinctive listed tower in the centre of Battersea Park.

12 10 THINGS TO DO NEAR BATTERSEA POWER STATION POWERHOUSE 13 BATTER SEA V CHELSEA LESS THAN 50M OF WATER SEPARATES BATTERSEA FROM CHELSEA; SO HAS THE TIME FINALLY COME FOR BATTERSEA TO STEP OUT OF THE SHADOW OF ITS FASHIONABLE NEIGHBOUR?

14 BATTERSEA V CHELSEA POWERHOUSE 15 Rob Tincknell RT Mark Hutton MH Edo Mapelli-Mozzi EM-M Rob Harbron RH CEO Director CEO Managing Economist (BPSDC) (BPS Estates) (Banda) (CEBR)

Ed Mead EM Charlie Gilkes CG Bertie Russell BR Peter Gibney PG Executive Director Co-founder Director Director (Douglas and Gordon) (Inception Group) (Russell Simpson) (JLL)

NDUSTRY EXPERTS FROM RH: This is not just a ‘stick-a-finger-in-the-air’, the price of being just a few minutes further north. ‘look-at-trends’ analysis; we’ve really tried to focus And the great thing is that they are really buying to NORTH AND SOUTH I on the fundamentals. We built a very detailed use it, not to have it sat empty or to let it out. OF THE RIVER GATHERED economic model based on transport times and how RT: We have a lot of owner-occupiers involved TO DEBATE THE FINDINGS much that contributes to prices. We also looked at academic research on placemaking and the cultural here. There was an American couple who bought in OF NEW RESEARCH PRODUCED investment going on here. And we also looked at the Power Station and were desperate to live here. BY THE CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC how retail is likely to draw people in. Once there Sting wants it as his London home. He and Trudie is the new tube station, that will make a huge Styler want to be part of the community being BUSINESS RESEARCH (CEBR) impact. Battersea Power Station is very close to created here. I think quite a lot of our buyers are ON THE SUBJECT. Chelsea, but the key thing is the north/south divide people who want to be close to Chelsea but element to it. In Fulham and Putney the difference a little bit away. And what we’re finding now is this is only around 10% in price differentials but once huge group who are moving out of Knightsbridge you come here there is this huge gap—BPS is only because they are finding it a bit overwhelming. around 30% compared to prices in Chelsea. MH: They have also said that geographically this RT: When they started Neo Bankside it was less is a hop, a skip and a jump across the river. They are than half the value the other side of the river. barely further away from the King’s Road. Now it is about 85%. So it is a gap that we think RH: Yet there is the growth potential offered by is narrowing and a reason to go south. the current divergence between north river and RH: Yes. It’s happened right along the river in south river prices here at Battersea. The Northern London—this­ is basically the last place where Line will boost things by 50% and clearly the it hasn’t. There is a lot of scope for prices in the cultural and retail development together will add STING WANTS IT AS Battersea area to come up in the next 10 years. 100% onto the price. We expect 800,000 people The other aspect is that in Chelsea we don’t really to move to London over the next 10 years, which HIS LONDON HOME. expect too much price growth—certainly nothing will create demand for housing, which pushes like the scale we’re seeing here. things up across the board. So we expect about 261% growth in prices between 2014 and 2026. It’s HE AND TRUDIE STYLER BR: Who do we think is going to live here? What this placemaking idea—everything that’s fuelling type of people? into the development here is boosting prices. WANT TO BE PART MH: We’re seeing a big trend of people moving RT: Charlie, from your point of view, you were from north [of the river] to south. Time and time very innovative when you started opening bars OF THE COMMUNITY again in phases 1, 2 and 3 we’ve seen people from and clubs over here. Where was your market Chelsea, Westminster and Belgravia realising the coming from? value of what they can buy here for a fraction of BEING CREATED HERE.

16 BATTERSEA V CHELSEA POWERHOUSE 17 IN CHELSEA WE DON’T REALLY EXPECT TOO MUCH PRICE GROWTH—CERTAINLY NOTHING LIKE THE SCALE WE ARE SEEING HERE.

CG: People said to us: ‘why are you opening RT: Being in central London is important, but you CG: Not everyone gets to be shown around using something in Battersea; will people come across can’t lose sight of the importance of the quality that model there. They won’t get excited until they the river?’ I said to them at the time that they of space immediately around you—things like the taste that coffee, eat that pizza, smell that grass. It were slightly missing the point, because there are Linley-designed residents’ club, rooftop gardens needs to be tangible. so many people this side of the river. Whilst the with large barbeque areas and shared space which majority of our customers come from Battersea, feels safe and sociable. That gives you space and RT: It’s the pioneers who get it at this stage, but Clapham, Balham, Tooting, some—probably also drives your community as well, because there that will grow. But it’s those three points. The tube, around 20% come from Chelsea. are more common areas for you to mix. That’s what the mix, and the north/south divide. Frank Gehry has done in New York and it is the EM-M: There’s a lot of new build choice in London. PG: If you talk to people on the street and ask them highest rental building and lowest turnover of any But to come here and have that mix of commercial, about Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms they building in New York. It’s unbelievable. And it is offices, hotels and members clubs, gyms, food will say: ‘oh there are a lot of houses going in there’. because everyone wants to be there. markets—it’s the way people want to live. People don’t fully understand actually what the EM-M: You need smaller independent businesses, PG: You also have to look at the embassies. magnitude is. As that education comes through— rather than just the big chains. Look at the You’ve got the US Embassy moving from Grosvenor when you start opening Phase One, for instance, kind of impact the Chiltern Firehouse has had Square. That’s an absolutely huge move, which with that retail offering there, that will start on Marylebone. If you can get those kinds of can’t be ignored. Not only for the employment to build through the phases. I still believe this entrepreneurial brands coming through it starts but what it brings in terms of attitude. Again, will be the most exciting retail and shopping area to be very exciting. in Europe. the general public haven’t quite realised what’s BR: Look at what Soho House has done for White actually fully happening down here. EM-M: I have a couple of guys in my gym who City…I have a lot of friends who want to live there BR: What is the average capital value here? THERE’S A LOT OF NEW BUILD have a place in One Hyde Park. They don’t go just because of that. down to the gym there because it is soulless. RT: Values have gone up about 30-40%, depending CHOICE IN LONDON BUT TO Whereas here they can see themselves living — CG: Shaftesbury have done something similar at on the size of the unit. they can see themselves going downstairs, going Kingly Court, having looked at a street food scene COME HERE AND HAVE THAT to the food market, having everything there. It’s creating a really young, buzzy feel and giving it MH: Not surprisingly some people are looking very convenient. that spark. to cash in on that growth in value, but most see MIX OF COMMERCIAL, OFFICES, the rises that are yet to come when the tube line RT: We broke the development into different EM: Those people who complete in 2020—what is in and the shops, restaurants and public park HOTELS, MEMBERS CLUBS, GYMS stages: the pioneer stage, emerging stage, are people likely to do in the meantime? open up. It’s interesting that as with the original established stage and the mature stage. And at each buyers, a lot of the interest we are seeing in resales AND FOOD MARKETS. IT’S THE point on that you start attracting different types of EM-M: I’m one of them! You buy time. You rent is coming from people living just north of the river people. The people we have attracted so far have for a couple of years and you have got time to plan. who are looking at just how far their money will go WAY PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE. been quite creative types of people because they RT: We sold a penthouse in Circus West to a on the other side of the river. get the vision. Now, as things like art’otel is gentleman who has for the last 15 years rented confirmed as the hotel operator, and more of the a big house in Mayfair. It’s a proper home. This PG: This is a big statement, but when we launched shops and restaurants are rolled out so more and year instead of renting over the river he rented Battersea Power Station in January 2013 those more people are waking up to what a great new at Chelsea Bridge Wharf because he wanted to headlines on the Evening Standard kick-started neighbourhood this is going to be. try out what it was like south of the river. He said: the property market moving up and started people looking at where the best new opportunities were PG: People just want to live close to amenities ‘I absolutely love it. I will never go back north of opening up. in central London and this being served by a new the river.’ Zone 1 tube station gives it great appeal in terms of BR: From what I’ve heard today the long-term of EM: It’s very exciting you’ve got this far. Having both location, and its current price advantage. this is incredibly exciting. Every time I come here seen everything messed about here for years, it’s I go away thinking this is the most exciting thing fantastic. And incredibly exciting! ever. You’re building a town.

18 BATTERSEA V CHELSEA POWERHOUSE 19 Battersea Furniture Editions

Johnson Naylor, interior design partners of Battersea Power Station Estates

ara Croft, heroine of Tomb Raider and the creation of a pioneering new “ community network for Battersea THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE LPower Station. They may seem like worlds apart, but there is a vital link between OF THIS: TO HELP the two—Jeremy Heath-Smith, the man BUILD DYNAMIC Rob inspired this vision to say: ‘what we’d love to behind the ’90s video game sensation is do at Battersea is recreate this idea of the village now aiming to produce the ‘22nd century’ SOCIAL NETWORKS. noticeboard.’ Thus his company, Spike Global, equivalent of the village noticeboard for began investigating how to create a digital residents of the development. community bringing residents, office tenants, commercial operators and cultural providers all together in one place online.

Jeremy Heath-Smith CEO Spike Global

Heath-Smith began life in the 1980s gaming world with initial work on games for the Atari console, before creating Tomb Raider and thus Lara Croft in 1987 After seven years at Eidos plc (during which he helped co-run the business and licence for the game for two movies, acting Serving as a localised news and events feed, Users will be able to control their own as executive producer on both) Heath-Smith re- resident’s forum and online hangout, this personalised app to access services, keep up to emerged to create another successful software represents one of the elements set out in date on events on site and even form their own company, Circle Studio, before feeling the time Battersea Power Station’s community charter ‘clubs’ (from wine tasting aficionados to cycling was right to seek new ventures. to create strong, lasting communities in the buddy groups). Heath-Smith is also excited new, emerging neighbourhood. about the potential of ‘geo-fencing’ within A combination of uniquely selected furniture and bespoke designed pieces - exclusively for Battersea Power Station Fast-forward to now, and Heath-Smith is the retail elements. ‘What we have to focus harnessing his software skills to putting together Heath-Smith had been discussing the idea on is the user experience’, says Heath-Smith, Furniture Editions selected and designed by Johnson Naylor the Battersea Power Station social network for for some time with Rob Tincknell, CEO of ‘we really chose to create a community via all residents: an online platform to connect and Battersea Power Station Development Company. these different components, because that is the Supplied and installed by M3 facilitate interactions between residents within ‘We talked about some way of connecting people ultimate purpose of this: to help build dynamic the neighbourhood. within a development. social networks.’

For further information, please call Anna Lerchegger at M3 on 0208 487 2770 20 CREATING A CONNECTED COMMUNITY www.johnsonnaylor.co.uk www.m3ltd.com COMING HOME BEAR GRYLLS ON LIFE, ADVENTURE AND MAKING HIS NEW HOME IN BATTERSEA POWER STATION.

ear Grylls first met his wife Shara whilst they WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO WHAT YOU DO? WAS were both living in Battersea. And now, after all the IT THAT FIRST MOUNTAINEERING CLUB? OR PERHAPS adventuring and BAFTA winning TV shows with YOUR SPELLS IN THE MILITARY? Bthe likes of Barrack Obama, Ben Stiller, and Kate Winslet, I started climbing with my dad as a young boy and always loved he has chosen to invest into what he believes is a ‘special it, but it was at school and then scouts and then eventually the place’ here at BPS. Like us, he sees the vision as a community military that I really got the chance to explore my adventure with roots that go deeper than so many of the other London limits much more. The training obviously within 21 SAS was boroughs. So, what lies behind his decision to come back pretty heavily focused on many outdoor, wilderness skills to the area and invest in a home at the Power Station? and these have held me in good stead ever since: whether it What makes Bear Grylls tick? And what was it really like was the climbing, skydiving, survival or even demolitions(!) on Everest? —but above all it was the ability to work and operate effectively in a small team under pressure that I count as my most WHERE DID THE ‘BEAR’ NICKNAME COME FROM? important training. I was christened Edward, that became Teddy, and that became Bear. Not very butch, but there we go! As a kid I used to really WHAT IS IT YOU LIKE ABOUT ADVENTURE? feel embarrassed having a weird name but it could have been Adventure brings people together in a totally unique way, way worse and now it works well—only my elderly aunt calls and it gives a confidence and a pride that money can’t buy. me Edward when she is trying to get my attention!

22 COMING HOME POWERHOUSE 23 WHAT WAS IT REALLY LIKE ON THE TOP OF EVEREST? DOES LONDON EXCITE YOU? can pass on down through the family. I also love how everything The summit itself is extraordinary—small—like a coffee table, It is the most fun city on earth—period! It is why we feel so proud you could possibly want will be around the Power Station, the highest point on our planet, the roof of the world. At 7.20am to have a home within BPS—it puts us at the centre of it all, yet still from theatres to the best gyms to amazing restaurants. The “ that morning we watched the sunrise over Tibet. Those images surrounded by wonderful parks and the majestic River Thames itself. development team have really worked hard to make it about I ALSO LOVE HOW are locked in my brain forever. The deaths on that expedition community rather than just big chains of those things. I dig that. really are the dark side of these high mountains, but they are WHY? WHAT ARE YOU FAVOURITE PLACES AND OF THE AREA AS A WHOLE? EVERYTHING YOU COULD inevitable when climbers play those sort of odds. No mountain IN THE CITY? is worth paying that price for, but also life is meant to be I love Richmond Park and I love the river and the Battersea has always had a very fun, young vibe about it, and POSSIBLY WANT WILL an adventure and we are born to perform at our best when houseboat communities on it. I love that the river is so central to it. To me Battersea stands for stretched—therein lies the dichotomy for all adventurers. innovation, style, family and heritage. And somehow the park BE AROUND THE POWER WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO BUY AT BATTERSEA? Ultimately though, reaching the summit was a feeling like no and the river add an element to Battersea that nowhere else STATION, FROM THEATRES other. It changed me in so many ways, giving a gratitude for life It’s always been a special place for us: it’s where we’ve kept our really gets in quite the same way. that lasts to this day. Several times I should have died up there— dutch barge for the past 15 years, which was our first ever home FINALLY, THE FUTURE. WHAT IS THE NEXT TO THE BEST GYMS TO I know that. But I am so grateful to have made the summit and and where we started our family. Our boys have grown up knowing CHALLENGE YOU HAVE YOUR EYE ON? AMAZING RESTAURANTS. to have survived where others hadn’t. and loving the houseboat and the river, and I love seeing them confident on boats. Battersea is also where Shara and me both lived I am just home from the jungles of Central America having HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO CLIMATE when we first met and so many of our friends still do. It has a real wrapped up the next season of The Island for Channel 4, plus CHANGE NAYSAYERS? community feel and is maybe a little less self-aware that some of we have just finished filming our ITV seriesMission Survive Come and see the raw, ugly side of it with me in the places the flashier areas of central London! in the heart of southern Africa. Both were pretty full on and I visit—look with me at the effect it has on so many millions challenging on so many levels, but I do kind of love it too. All the fluffy side of life like smart clothes and polite WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE DEVELOPMENT? around the world and the future generations ahead of us. When we are stretched we grow eh!? Then it’s back to the UK conversation gets blown away and you form very real and Put your entrenched opinions aside and open your eyes because I think to take this totally unique, historical landmark and for December, where we have our Running Wild Special with honest and vulnerable friendships with people. When you are it is happening and accelerating fast. Let’s be agents for good transform it into a world-class icon is special. London will never President Obama airing on Channel 4 on December 21st, then scared together and come through it then you have a special not bad in our planet’s future. see the likes of this sort of thing again—there just aren’t other it’s Christmas with the kids and Shara. London is always my bond. I have been beside people so often now in those moments buildings like the Power Station elsewhere. For us this was a once favourite place to be at that time of year: Ice-skating and carol and it is always inspiring. Courage changes us all. HOW CONVINCED WAS PRESIDENT OBAMA ON in a lifetime chance to own a small slice of London history that we services! Is BPS going to have either of those? I hope so! THE MATTER ON YOUR TRIP TO THE ARCTIC CIRCLE? WHAT WERE YOUR EARLIEST MEMORIES IN THIS REGARD? He was the one that reached out and asked me to take him to Alaska to show him this change in so many of the glaciers. My dad inspired me to not be afraid to go for things and to take He totally gets it and his action plan on climate change has been a few risks. He was the one that taught me to climb and to love described as the most significant single act ever undertaken by adventure at a young age and I used to love those climbing missions one human being to protect the world. Pretty inspiring. aged eight—it was what brought us close together and I am sure it is a big part of why I love adventure to this day—it breaks down WHERE DO YOU FEEL MOST AT HOME? barriers and creates wonderful and lasting connections with In north Wales on our small island hideaway. people. My dad was a great inspiration though and we grew up with his values that failure was never something to be scared of. HOW DO YOU RELAX? It was good to aim high and go for things, and failure was only I love just messing about; just us guys on the island doing lots of ever a stepping-stone to success. mini adventures like caving or kayaking. And I also love my daily HOW DID YOUR PARACHUTE ACCIDENT IN training that is a big part of my life (bgepictraining.com) and I ZAMBIA IN 1996 CHANGE YOUR PSYCHE, do quite a bit of paragliding and yoga too, which is a unique way IF IT DID? of getting away alone from the madness! At home, Shara and me It made me more determined to fulfil my goal of climbing share the cooking in the family home and we both love eating Everest. This had been a huge dream of mine ever since I mega healthy but mega delicious food! I have a book out later “ was a kid and my late dad had given me this poster of Everest this year called Fuel For Life that explains the principles of lean, that I always kept by my bed. That drove me on so much in clean, healthy eating that we try and live by. ADVENTURE BRINGS those dark days and weeks in hospital after my accident. IS IT POSSIBLE TO STAY OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT That determination to get to walk again and eventually to get PEOPLE TOGETHER IN IF YOU NEED TO? climbing again, was key to my recovery and it lit a fire within A TOTALLY UNIQUE me that eventually took me to the summit of Everest and back. I find it quite strange if I am honest being in the limelight— We lost four climbers up Everest during the three months we although I am also always so grateful for fans and their support. WAY, AND IT GIVES were there and it shook my confidence a lot at the time, but It is just that I never thought I would have that as a factor in my looking back I can clearly see how driven I was to re-find my life. But I am pretty good at flying under the radar as much as I A CONFIDENCE AND identity after my accident and so much of my identity had always can when not filming or at events. I take the recognition side of it A PRIDE THAT MONEY been wrapped up in my ability to climb well. I stumbled a lot on with a big bucket of salt and try to make sure we use that platform that journey of recovery for sure and had many dark days but to inspire others to go for it in life and to help them overcome the CAN’T BUY. also I now can see how I never took my eyes off that goal and challenges that we all face. It is all about positivity, courage and Everest gave me that driving force to get strong again and go determination, and those things aren’t the reserve of people in out and grab life boldly. the wild. We all need a bit of that in our lives. Me included.

24 COMING HOME POWERHOUSE 25 BATTERSEA In 2014, a team of internationally renowned VIEW photographers began documenting the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, the Grade II* listed London landmark.

POWER STATION These photographs aim to provide perspective on the project in its wider context and highlight the Power Station’s idiosyncratic and often unseen details. Taken between June 2014 and September 2015, this selection of images illustrate some key moments in the construction project, including progress with Circus West (the first phase of the project) and the rebuilding of the chimneys.

VIEW, founded in 1997, is a specialist architectural image archive. The creative team is led by VIEW co-founder, Dennis Gilbert who has been based in London since the early ’80s. In 2005, the Royal Institute of British Architects awarded him an Honorary Fellowship for his contribution to Architecture. Two leading architectural photographers join Dennis on this project: Kilian O’Sullivan and Anthony Coleman. The team are supported by Susan Bockelmann who works behind the scenes managing the growing image archive.

The images will be used by shareholders of the site, S P Setia, Sime Darby and Employees’ Provident Fund, the Battersea Power Station Development Company, and the contractors and consultants on the project. They will form a lasting legacy, demonstrating the hard work, ingenuity and creativity shown by the many people entrusted with the care of this much-loved landmark.

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26 BATTERSEA POWER STATION IN PICTURES POWERHOUSE 27 3. A close up view of an exterior wall of the Power Station. Around six million bricks were used to construct the Power Station, making it the second largest brick building in Europe. Dennis Gilbert /VIEW 4. The famous Art Deco-style Control Room A inside the Power Station. Anthony Coleman /VIEW 3

1. Interior shot of the South West chimney during dismantling works. The chimneys have tile lining instead of brick lining, an uncommon feature for a power station. Kilian O’Sullivan/VIEW 2. The first pour of concrete of the new South West chimney. The chimneys are being dismantled and rebuilt using the same techniques and materials as when they were first built. Anthony Coleman/VIEW

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28 BATTERSEA POWER STATION IN PICTURES POWERHOUSE 29 ne cannot deny that Patrick THE OPENING CEREMONY OF Woodroffe has had a career THE LONDON OLYMPICS WAS less ordinary than most—as an AT HOME A THRILLING PROJECT TO HAVE Oacclaimed lighting designer he has lit a BEEN INVOLVED WITH. AWARD WINNING INTERIOR diverse roll call of artists, from ABBA and DESIGN CONSULTANCY AC/DC to Take That and The Three Tenors. WITH Despite the obvious pressures and the While his work has taken him to far-flung sense of responsibility that was a constant APPOINTED INTERIOR DESIGNERS FOR THE BATTERSEA POWER STATION DEVELOPMENT venues across the globe (including a Rolling throughout the 18 months of preparation, the Stones concert on Copacabana Beach pay off when it all came together was pretty great. DESIGN CONSULTATIONS • FURNITURE PACKAGES • FULL DESIGN SERVICE

with the largest audience ever assembled I think all of us who were a part of that show for a rock concert, The White House still have a quiet satisfaction from its success, in Washington where Paul McCartney even after all this time. played to President Obama, the London 2012 Olympics Opening and Closing THE FIRST FLAT I EVER BOUGHT Ceremonies and various productions on WAS IN BATTERSEA, ON PRINCE the West End) there is no place quite like OF WALES DRIVE. home in Battersea. It was a two-bedroom flat with a balcony and I paid £23,000 for it! So I know the area well, and its proximity to the river and to Chelsea was something that I’ve always loved and is one of the things that appealed to us.

WE’VE HAD A BOAT ON CADOGAN I AM A LIGHTING DESIGNER, PIER FOR 10 YEARS NOW. WORKING MAINLY WITH ARTISTS IN PERFORMANCE. The appealing thing about living on a barge is the river, really. That sense of constant movement Rock concerts, live theatre and opera— but my and energy and a feeling that you are at the heart practice, Woodroffe Basset, also creates projects of something. In a way, we’ll still have that at the involving theatrical architectural lighting in Power Station. landscapes, exteriors and interior performance spaces. My last job was the re-light of a musical I’VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE show in Las Vegas that we created two years ago P A T R I C K BATTERSEA PROJECT FOR THREE for the impresario and developer Steve Wynn. YEARS NOW, WORKING AS THE LIGHTING CONSULTANT FOR AFTER I LEFT SCHOOL I HAD NO IDEA WOODROFFE THE OVERALL PROJECT. WHAT I WANTED TO DO. My contribution has been to understand the Somehow I fell into the world of lighting rock theatrical and ongoing experience of living, concerts when it was a fledgling business “ working and visiting the place, and having with no real discipline and certainly very seen in detail from the inside exactly what the limited technology compared to today. But I IN A SENSE BATTERSEA completed project will be, we took the plunge then watched and was a part of the amazing POWER STATION IS AN and bought something ourselves with wonderful transformation as lighting and production grew ICONIC, WELL-LOVED, views to the west of Chelsea Bridge and the river. into the grown-up and sophisticated business that it is today. AND SPECTACULAR IN A SENSE BATTERSEA POWER STATION OLD FRIEND. IS AN ICONIC, WELL-LOVED, AND THERE IS A LOT OF CRAFT IN THE SPECTACULAR OLD FRIEND. LIGHTING PROCESS BUT THE ART IS VERY CLOSE TO THE IDEA OF PAINTING It’s not really so different from some of the great A CANVAS WITH A VIRTUAL PALETTE rock bands I’ve worked with over the years! OF LIGHT. THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE TOUR THAT ADELE WILL UNDERTAKE TO CELEBRATE THE THING I’M MOST LOOKING It might be a building, or an opera or a rock HER NEW ALBUM, 25. FORWARD TO AT BATTERSEA? performance, or a film set, but with the control systems that we use nowadays and the smart and I’m working on the show with a wonderful Getting in the lift and going down to breakfast able people who programme them, the process of creative team and of course with Adele somewhere nice in the Power Station while the creating a light show in whatever form is instant herself, who is as refreshing and talented and sun shines and life on the river goes on, just as and visceral and so enormously exciting. imaginative an artist as I’ve ever worked with. it has for so many years. BARS • RESTAURANTS • CAFES • SPAS • RESIDENTIAL

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art’otel signs up at Battersea

World-renowned ‘lifestyle’ hotel operator art’otel has checked in to the Battersea Power Station project to create a 160-room luxury hotel with art at its heart.

The scheme, which will feature a rooftop swimming pool overlooking the River Thames and Grade II* Power Station structure, will open in 2019 in the building designed by Foster + Partners on Electric Boulevard. It will include skyline floors with panoramic views, as well as a signature destination restaurant which operators PPHE Hotel Group hope will become a favourite destination in the capital.

Guests will be greeted with a public gallery—a multi-purpose creative space offering a rotating calendar of exhibitions and other artistic events. A lounge and café will sit alongside, while the rooftop pool—designed by New York’s High Line team, making James Corner Field Operations ­will include a bar overlooking the station’s iconic chimneys.

‘We are incredibly excited to be announcing this important transaction and for it to be with such an innovative hotel company’, said Rob Tincknell, CEO of Battersea Power Station Development Company. ‘The selection process to find the right brand and operator was a very competitive and thorough one, involving the leading hotel brands from around the world. art’otel was a standout winner, a brand unlike a splash anything we have seen in London to date, and it is particularly fitting for it to have art at the very heart of the brand and the hotel itself. I am confident that together with art’otel we will deliver a beyond expectations hotel’.

Boris Ivesha, President and Chief Executive Officer, PPHE Hotel Group added;

‘We are delighted to be a part of the London of tomorrow. The Battersea Power Station Development will transform London’s skyline; creating a new destination and hub for local communities, visitors and residents. As a company we take pride in opening hotels, restaurants and bars in areas which are embarking on new urban and community journeys, and the Battersea Power Station project is a spectacular example of this. art’otel perfectly complements the shareholders of Battersea Power Station’s vision and we look forward to working together to create a new chapter in London’s history over the next four years’.

The scheme’s design will draw inspiration of art’otel’s award- winning Amsterdam scheme, which since it opened in 2013 has fused innovative design with urban, discussion-provoking art, curated and created by Atelier Van Lieshout.

32 MAKING A SPLASH POWERHOUSE 33 Lizzy Kelk, We’re more than a hotel with attractive art in it. Our aim Lastly, my other great passion is music and I enjoy an eclectic At art’otel we want guests to feel they are living and breathing General Manager is to be thought-provoking as a brand and not afraid to mix of styles that link with the diverse places I like to go, and an artistic environment, not simply sleeping within four art’otel amsterdam raise eyebrows. For example, art’otel amsterdam offers a remind me of the people I have met. walls. We surround them with art, whether it is in the form www.artotelamsterdam.com multitude of sensory experiences: From DJ sessions and music of bespoke sculptures in their rooms, beautifully presented residencies to live painting workshops or pilates in our gallery. Music has the ability to make you feel happy, sad, mad food on their plate, or the diversity of music they hear. Guests We offer a seasonal changing menu; cooking and cocktail and motivated (particularly when you’re on the last mile can engage with the interactive projections on our bespoke art workshops in our bar and restaurant and a dedicated art and of the Great North Run, Sept 2010). curtain or explore the ever-changing gallery space in which / What is the art’otel philosophy? design-themed library and lounge. Both our guests and the they can also host a themed meeting or event, or even join local community can join regular networking events at art’otel My newest ambition is to learn to mix my own playlist on a pilates class in! The art’otel philosophy is to be an iconic hospitality amsterdam led by some of the city’s best-known fashion and the decks—and DJ at my own party, perhaps even at 5&33… brand which seamlessly fuses art and life. creative speakers and influencers. This can be my lasting contribution to arts and culture!

Each individual art’otel is dedicated to a signature / What can visitors expect when they stay / Creativity and culture are obviously an contemporary artist and through permanent exhibitions at art’otel? essential part of the art’otel brand—what within each hotel we offer guests an insight into the artist’s role do you think this plays in bringing creative activity. We like to think of each art’otel as a piece Hopefully we will defy (and exceed) expectations, but overall a place to life? of art in its own right and in this way, we have created a an art’otel guest should expect a warm welcome, to have their niche for art’otel in the hotel world, differentiating it from minds opened, to feel as though they are entering another Creativity and culture are woven into the fabric of each of our traditional hotel brands. The charm of art’otel as a brand world. We aim to make a lasting impression by offering a hotels. At art’otel amsterdam we have chosen to work with is its appeal to the intelligence and artistic interests of its unique experience and to surprise each of our guests with an artist, Atelier Van Lieshout who hand selected objects to guests. Each hotel unlocks an extraordinary experience our service. permanently display in our public spaces, and created works both for residents, visitors and staff. for our rooms, which reflect his chosen exhibit theme of / Where do you find your inspiration? Are there ‘The Course of Life’. At art’otel we aim to inspire our guests, enrich their cultural any places in particular that inspire you? knowledge and delight them with highly personalised This theme is not random, it was particularly chosen to service. We want to engage anyone who comes into our hotel My inspiration comes from people and places and people in enhance the space at art’otel amsterdam—as a huge part and think of our guests as taking centre stage in a theatrical places… There are many who have inspired me throughout of one’s life is spent with family and friends, enjoying oneself, performance from the moment they check in to the moment my career—People I have met: visionaries within the retail growing together and nurturing one other, his chosen pieces their head hits the pillow. and hospitality industry such as Vittorio Radice, Ken reflect how art’otel itself can offer that environment. McCulloch and Nick Jones—people I have worked with who The signature artists are carefully selected to reflect the have developed and progressed from the shop floor. From environment and location of the art’otel they are linked my background working within Soho House Group coming with. Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL), the signature artist of to art’otel, I also admired the vision behind destination art’otel amsterdam, is the internationally recognized studio restaurants such as TOZI in London, the sister restaurant to and workshop of Dutch artist Joep van Lieshout. We chose 5&33 at art’otel amsterdam, which was developed by a team to work with AVL because of their forward-thinking style, of chefs formerly from Soho House and Shoreditch House. extensive body of work and strong recurring themes, which reflect art’otel amsterdam’s artistic, contemporary I love to travel and experience different cultures. I am vision and the modern outlook of the city. currently working my way through the seven wonders of the world, and absorbing as much as I can from the culture, / What do you think is so appealing about history, people and hospitality in these countries. the art’otel brand and concept?

We combine exciting art with best-in-class service. Our team members are knowledgeable and have an At art’otel we innate interest in art, culture and music, with a creative / want guests to feel outlook on life. they are living and They embody the art’otel philosophy to our guests and undergo dedicated training in presenting and explaining breathing an artistic the art we exhibit in a confident manner. environment, not simply sleeping within four walls. / 34 MAKING A SPLASH POWERHOUSE 35 PASSPORT TO CREATIVITY: “Proud to be appointed luxury interior design partner to BEST OF BRITISH Battersea Power Station Estates”

ntroduced 100 years ago, there are now roughly 50 million of them in circulation and a new Idesign is unveiled every five years.

The new edition of the UK passport has as its theme ‘Creative United Kingdom’ and features famous people, buildings and cultural icons from the UK which symbolise creativity and innovation over the last 500 years. And in a page that celebrates the artistic genius of Sir However, as important as its cafés, homes and parkland, the will safeguard its iconic structure Giles Gilbert Scott, Battersea Power function is, it is its lavish Art Deco Power Station’s powerful hold on for future generations. Station takes prominence, alongside design that has really struck a the public imagination shows no Gilbert Scott’s famous red telephone chord, which saw Sir Giles Gilbert sign of diminishing. Responding to the inclusion of box and Liverpool Cathedral. Scott applying detail, elegance and Battersea Power Station in the stylistic precision to a vast industrial When the building was opened new passport, Rob Tincknell, Its inclusion in the new passport building in a way which had not to the public for a weekend as CEO of Battersea Power Station confirms the cultural significance been seen before. part of Open House Weekend, for Development Company who has of Battersea Power Station, and example, over 40,000 came to the worked on the Power Station project comes after the Power Station was The result is a unique building which site simply to experience being since 2008, said: one of just seven landmark British defines the London skyline and has inside the building, making it the buildings featured in the closing become a cultural icon in its own most popular building ever to have ‘Battersea Power Station is one of ceremony of the 2012 Olympics. right, serving as the backdrop to taken part in the festival which the most famous buildings on the films, concerts, music videos, video celebrates architecture. London skyline and commands The building is famous for the games and album covers—notably great affection all around the world. technical ingenuity brought to bear Pink Floyd’s album Animals. That Battersea Power Station It is a great tribute to the work of Sir in the creation of a coal-fuelled has been selected for inclusion Giles Gilbert Scott and the enduring Power Station that would ultimately As work is underway on the on the passport now, vindicates appeal of this wonderful structure be one of the largest in the country, restoration of this famous the decision taken in 1980 to that is has been selected as one of the generating a fifth of London’s building and the site on which it give the building listed status so symbolic images being used in GLAMOUR MEETS INDUSTRY electricity with a capacity of sits is transformed into a vibrant new that it would be protected. The the new passport’. 509 megawatts. neighbourhood of shops, restaurants, restoration programme underway Firmly established as one of London’s foremost interior design and project management talents, Kathryn Levitt Battersea Power Station was the Design bring forensic attention to detail to create luxury interiors both for owner occupiers and investors alike. first in a new generation of large, “ With a warmth of personality, Kathryn and her professional team will guide buyers through a seamless process from high-capacity power plants, BATTERSEA POWER STATION IS ONE OF THE MOST concept design through to completion with each property fully built, furnished, dressed and ready for occupation. which were to replace the network FAMOUS BUILDINGS ON THE LONDON SKYLINE AND of smaller, localised electricity generators that existed at the COMMANDS GREAT AFFECTION ALL AROUND THE WORLD. Goodwin House, 5 Union Court, Richmond, London TW9 1AA turn of the century. www.kathrynlevittdesign.com T. +44(0) 208 948 1223 36 BEST OF BRITISH MELANIE BELLIS JOANNA GILBERT

hen the doors opened at the Grade II* listed arts venue Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) on SeptemberW 25th, it was the start of a lively, LAURA FITZPATRICK weekend-long celebration of creativity and Battersea Power Station. A curated selection of artworks by over 350 artists went on display, with everything from striking black and white photography, poetry, film, contemporary neon interpretations, classic oil paintings and cast iron sculptures—all inspired by the iconic building. With prices starting from £10 up to ANTHONY HARRISON £10k and free public access over the three days it was a chance for the public to buy beautiful MICHAEL HOLMES and affordable art, with local charities BAC Beatbox Academy, Theatre 503 and World Heart Beat Music Academy benefiting from 20% of the income of sales.

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This Autumn saw the inaugural Battersea Art Station event take place, showcasing a selection of over 450 pieces of art celebrating the iconic building—the first time both amateur and professional artists from around the world exhibited their Power Station creations all in one place. DAN PEARCE SARAH ADAMS JAYSON LILLEY

38 ICON OF INSPIRATION POWERHOUSE 39 Sinead Kirby stands in front of her winning entry Left to right: Lachlan Goudie, Melanie Bellis, Zoe More O’Ferrall The main exhibition space at Battersea Art Station for the Amateur 16-25-year-old category and Michael Warren in front of Bellis’ winning artwork

Organisers Battersea Power Station judged the event, scrutinizing every single piece nearly 5,000 visitors over the weekend enjoying It’s safe to say that the weekend exceeded Development Company (BPSDC) invited artists, “ before finally deciding on the winners in the “ musical beatbox performances, partaking all expectations—especially that of the both professional and amateur, to submit THE REASON WHY THERE three different categories: Paul Kessling’s ‘Will MEETING THE ARTISTS in creative workshops, live printmaking, organisers. ‘When we came up with the idea their art for a chance to exhibit their works to Power’ winning the professional category, an ‘arty’ weekend brunch and a Sunday we honestly thought we would get about a and compete for the ‘Best in Class’ prizes: cash IS SO MUCH WORK Melanie Bellis’ ‘Battersea Power Station’ etching WAS VERY SPECIAL screening programme of films that have hundred pieces,’ admitted Rob Tincknell, prizes and the opportunity to display their art in TO BE SEEN HERE IS clinching the amateur level while 21-year-old AND REMARKABLY featured Battersea Power Station including Chief Executive Officer of BPSDC. He could Circus West, the first phase of the development. BECAUSE IT TOUCHES Sinead Kirby from Ascot scooped the top prize in HUMBLING. The King’s Speech and Help! A popular not have been more delighted with the success Artist and broadcaster, Lachlan Goudie; artist the 16-25 year old category. attraction was a 3D recreation of the Power of the event. ‘Seeing the variety of artistic Michael Warren; and illustrator Zoe More PEOPLE’S HEARTS. Station, where delighted children and young- interpretations of this very iconic building O’Ferrall (who also created the ‘10 Things to Do There was plenty going on besides the exhibition at-heart adults help build the structure using and meeting the artists was very special and Near Battersea Power Station’ map on pg. 12/13) as well. BAC came alive with the sounds of 70,000 pieces of LEGO. remarkably humbling’.

40 ICON OF INSPIRATION POWERHOUSE 41 visitors over 5,0005,000 the three-day event

450450 Battersea Power Station artworks on display £17,000£17,000 Raised for three local charities

Following Battersea Art Station’s success, BPSDC intends to hold similar artistic events in future—which was welcome news to both artists Have you been inspired by and visitors. ‘People’s sketches, drawings and Battersea Power Station? photographs can really give you an insight into how Contact the team at: profoundly they feel about this London monument’ said Battersea Art Station judge Lachlan Goudie. [email protected] ‘And the reason why there is so much work to be seen here is because it touches people’s hearts’.

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THE SCENE after resales and is building a letting and beverage, the hotels, the tube to Chelsea. But obviously we’re service to cater for those who decide station. In four or five years that creating a new village here, so that to let their property. investment could be one of the best hop, skip and a jump is not going things someone has ever done ’. to be needed anymore’. FROM THE DESK OF MARK HUTTON Resales get a lot of bad press, says Hutton. ‘In Battersea’s case, Accessibility is also improving Community, however, is the real THE NEW DIRECTOR OF BPS ESTATES, however, the vast majority are saying with the Northern Line extension driver of the scheme after the that they will happily complete and meaning it will be just 12 minutes ‘magnetic force’ of the amazing THE DEDICATED ESTATE AGENCY FOR inhabit their property themselves to Bank station. And, says Hutton, Power Station building lures BATTERSEA POWER STATION or let it out, even though values have even a walk from the site to Sloane people in, says Hutton. ‘They get risen by some 30%-40% on average Square is only 12 minutes anyway. blown away by this level of mixed over the three years since they came ‘I think it offers a diverse mix of use we’re doing and creating a onto the market.’ This led to BPSE both people and property’, he community and they are absolutely to offer ancillary services such as says. ‘It’s a very central location falling head over heels in love ‘I love the dynamic nature of day an interior design team helping on but with 200 acres of park to its with that. They want to be part to day life’, Mark Hutton says with furniture and to facilitate more name, a huge river frontage and it of that. We’re building a town, a laugh. ‘And all within the biggest creative interventions. It is also is a hop and skip across the river a real community’. building site in central London’. looking to put together mortgage products to help on the funding side. “ Hutton is fired up by the Power Station. He loves everything about Hutton is clearly a big fan of the HUTTON IS CLEARLY A BIG FAN OF it—from the way in which the properties he is selling, and is THE PROPERTIES HE IS SELLING. development aims to create what is fully taken with the whole scheme. ‘THERE IS NO OTHER SCHEME IN essentially a new, mixed use ‘town’ ‘It’s impossible not to be’, he smiles. to simply being a great place in ‘There is no other scheme in LONDON THAT WOULD HAVE which to be—which suits his new London that would have remotely REMOTELY TURNED MY HEAD’. role heading up Battersea Power turned my head’. Station Estates, the dedicated estate agent for the whole development, ‘It’s got the ability to be a brilliant just fine. Previously Hutton was investment, and whether knowingly heading up the Douglas and Gordon or not from a buyer’s perspective office in Battersea Park, so has the because you have got this exciting experience of around nine years scheme; you’re getting in at the first in estate agency in the area to help phase so it will always have been inform what he loves about the place. priced at the lowest initial price point before it got momentum. It It is Hutton’s task to help coordinate will be somewhere which will be prospective buyers visits onto site, tangible and physical in a year’s time; talking them through the scheme somewhere where you can actually and even getting them into high-vis live. You’ll be able to rent out over and hard hats to actually show them time as the scheme develops further

what their future home might be. and the commercial entities come BPS Lettings Team—Left to right: Mark Hutton, Catherine Scott, Matthew Sansom, He also oversees a team that looks online—all the office space, the food Tamara Ayorech Okello and Thomas Wright

44 SETTING THE SCENE POWERHOUSE 45 LONDON CALLING TOP 5 WORLD LONDON’S ECONOMIC CITIES PROJECTED GROWTH NEW YORK 1 OVER 5 LONDON 2 YEARS TOKYO 3

n the coming five years London’s economy To put the scale of the challenge into context, the Combine that ease of access with the unique HONG KONG 4 is forecast to grow by 15% from a GVA of office take-up rate in London last year accelerated working environment on offer inside the former PARIS 5 15 % £330bn in 2014 to some £379bn in 2015. to its highest in a decade reaching 16m sq ft. Of that industrial titan, and the sheer brand power of I 5.8m sq ft was specifically new and refurbished it as an address, and there is every reason to see Good news for London, but good news for the office space. In the coming three years there is Battersea Power Station as a vital new home UK more widely when you consider that a fifth only 5.5m sq ft of new and refurbished office space to the economic dynamos on which London’s of the UK’s entire GDP is generated in London. under construction in the capital. growth is predicated.

However, this does beg the question as to The effect of that is to make office space of the where in London these growing enterprises quality and flexibility being seen at Battersea 2014 2019 are going to make their home. With homes Power Station an increasingly sought after and office space in high demand, the race is on prospect for businesses looking to accommodate “ to find a new generation of high tech, flexible a burgeoning workforce, and seeking an IN THE COMING THREE and well-connected office spaces which will environment which will shape productivity nurture growth and inspire a new generation and creativity levels. YEARS THERE IS ONLY of entrepreneurs. 5.5M SQ FT OF NEW Whilst in numeric terms it is hard to dissent from 1.25M the view that Battersea Power Station is fulfilling AND REFURBISHED a significant quantum of the new office space being OFFICE SPACE UNDER created in London—no less that 1.25m sq ft of it in CONSTRUCTION IN fact—the team at Battersea would argue that the 95% SQ FT architecture, facilities and physical context put THE CAPITAL. the office space in a different league to that on OF OFFICE SPACE OFFICE SPACE, LESS offer elsewhere. IN LONDON IS THAN 15 MINUTES TO Pointing to the high degree of transport FULLY OCCUPIED THE CITY AND WEST accessibility afforded by the new Northern Line END, SHOPS, PARKLAND, tube extension, river bus services, upgraded RIVERFRONT overland train services and a network of walking and cycle routes opened up by the Thames Pathway, Battersea Power Station is positioned to draw in young inner-city hipsters as easily as it does Surrey commuters and Brighton beach-lovers.

Sources: Knight Frank, Battersea Office Market, July 2015 and Martin Prosperity Institute, Global City Economic Power Index, March 2015.

46 LONDON CALLING POWERHOUSE 47 n February 2015, Battersea Neriz Ezeh from Harris Academy Throughout my work experience Power Station launched its joined the Estates team for a week I work experience programme, in July and said of his time at the placement I have felt that I was part aiming to give students in Years Power Station: ‘The placement FUELLING 12 and 13 a very real taste of what challenge was really exciting and of the team and this really motivated working life is like at Battersea engaging. I had so much to learn Power Station. Up to four students and do, which has given me really me to make the most of this experience. at a time join BPS for one week and useful experiences that will help work as a team to complete a series my future career. Work experience The fact that the company has lots of AMBITION of tasks related to a Battersea Power placements at the Power Station are Station related business scenario. very important for young people facilities has impressed me and I’m At the end of the week they present like me, as it has given me a sense really looking forward to working their findings to the Battersea of direction and has enabled me to Power Station staff team, giving understand what it is like to work in a similar place one day. AND CAREER them an opportunity to prepare for in a professional environment with and practice those all- important a team. I’ve gained experience MIGUEL ANGEL presentation skills. across a range of business areas, which will help me greatly in my ‘It is early days for all of this work future career’. ASPIRATION but going forward we will be looking The Community and Sustainability to build on these programmes to ‘We’ve been working particularly Greta Aleksandrova, a photography which aims to give students tips on reach and inspire large numbers closely with our nearest secondary student, also from Harris Academy, how to do well at interviews. Team at Battersea Power Station have of local young people over the school neighbour Harris Academy joined Battersea Power Station’s coming yea rs’. Battersea. As a newly formed Communications team in July to The first workshop was arranged worked on behalf the site’s shareholders school, Harris Academy Battersea help with a number of assignments together with Wandsworth Alex explains: ‘We’ve had some needed help to develop business that week. Here, she explains BEST (the Education Business to increase its work with young great proposals made by the young relationships locally in order to what she gained from her time at Partnership for the London people working on this business ensure that high quality work Battersea Power Station. Borough of Wandsworth ) and people across the borough over the exercise so far, some of which experience placements were nine Year 12 students from Ernest were so good that the business available to their students’, says Alex. ‘This has been a great experience Bevin College and Saint Cecilia’s, last year. Alex Baker the Community is exploring if it is possible to because I’ve had the opportunity to Wandsworth, took part. Each and Sustainability Manager at BPSDC, implement them!’ In all, Alex and her team helped find feel like I have an actual job and I’ve student was given a job description placements for 31 Harris students been treated like a real colleague by for an assistant role and after a explains why the work experience As well as getting involved in across local businesses in July. For the BPS staff team. It’s been great brief time to prepare, they are business scenarios, and the project example, 17 Year 12 students spent to be part of meetings, have a desk, given a practice interview followed programme is important. work that demands, each young a week working on site with BPSDC a login and to be involved in the by constructive feedback on how person is allocated a mentor in the staff or with associated contractors project. The BPS Team have made they could come across even department that most interests and consultant organisations on me feel really comfortable so I’ve better at interview. Three of those them and they gain hands on the development. Placements were been able to ask questions whenever students that attended the skills experience of this business area secured with various consultants I didn’t understand. We were given workshop, subsequently joined through the week. on the project, including Circus a full overview of the project so we BPS for the full one-week work West main contractor Carillion, understood all the plans’. experience programme. To give them a complete overview Power Station main contractor of the project, the young people Skanska, creative marketing agency ‘All of this is important because also visit the exhibition area, with Next Big Thing, communications these placements give students all the models of the development, agency Cascade Communications the opportunity to experience show flats and films. They put on and Power Station structural working life. The Power Station their Health and Safety kit—full engineers Buro Happold. team has helped to build up my steel toe-capped boots, high-vis confidence through this week. The jackets and hard hats to go out on Another 14 Harris Academy professionalism of the BPS team the construction site to see the students undertook work has taught me how to act in the construction progress. experience with BPSDC workplace and how to build a good stakeholder organisations such reputation as an employee’. So far 12 students have taken part as Wandsworth Borough Council, in the programme from schools Caius House Youth Centre, Alongside the work experience including Graveney Academy, Chocolate Films, World Heart Beat programme the Community To hear more about the work experience Ernest Bevin College and Harris Music Academy and local charity and Sustainability team has also and other community programmes, please Academy Battersea, with more to STORM which supports single developed an interview skills email [email protected] join us in October. mothers in the area. workshop for Years 12 and 13, with your name, address and email.

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ALL CHANGE—WORK ON THE BATTERSEA BIRD’S EYE VIEW POWER STATION SITE, WITH ALL OF ITS Battersea Power Station’s two resident peregrine MULTIFARIOUS ELEMENTS—IS MAKING GOOD falcons have again been successfully bred, PROGRESS. SO WHAT IS THE STATE OF PLAY? producing four young, compared to three last year (which were named Giles, Gilbert and Scott…). The protected birds have nested on a custom-made platform constructed for them to inhabit while restoration works to the Power Station are underway.

CHIMNEY SWEEP: ONE UP, THREE TO GO

Work on dismantling and carefully rebuilding GO WEST—FIRST HOMES, SHOPS the first chimney is complete, having reached AND RESTAURANTS TAKE SHAPE full height’ above the highest of point of The toil of some 1,397 construction workers is the wash tower brickwork below. Now the bearing fruit at Circus West in the form of the other three will get the same treatment, all SimpsonHaugh-designed building and its dRMM under the close scrutiny of Historic England sibling, which have risen to 54m above ground, and and local planners. with their glass cladding and bathroom installations well underway. The first winter gardens have also ON TRACK: been installed on the riverside units. TUBE EXTENSION

One of the catalysts for the whole scheme—the Northern Line extension—has started on site. Services are due to follow in early 2020, providing a direct link to the West End or the City.

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The room was buzzing with anticipation as guests took their seat at the start of the private evening with the latest resident at BPS: adventurer and broadcaster Bear Grylls. It was a sociable affair where invited guests were treated to the opportunity to BATTERSEA POWER STATION meet and hear from the star on his latest adventures. CUSTOMER RECEPTION AND UPDATE /MAY 2015 THEAs a project often hailed as being a new neighbourhood for London, it was only fitting that the theme of the series of Battersea Power Station customer receptions recalled an urban village fete. Future residents tucked into delicious street food hot off colourful food trucks whilst enjoying views of the Power Station and socializing with their future neighbours. The evenings also featured Placemaking talks with architects Andy Bow (Foster + Partners) and Ian Simpson (SimpsonHaugh and Partners) and an update on the project. YEAR IN MAYOR OF LONDON HERALDS START OF MAJOR WORKS FOR NORTHERN LINE EXTENSION /NOVEMBER 2015

Major works on the new Northern Line Extension officially got underway as Mayor of London Boris Johnson visited the Battersea Power Station site to see for himself the progress being made.

The Northern Line Extension will put Battersea Power Station on London’s famous underground network, resulting in the creation of two new Zone 1 tube stations—one at Battersea Power Station and one at Nine Elms.

The tube station, which is located at the foot of the new High Street (Electric Boulevard) at Battersea Power Station, LONDON FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE is planned to open in 2020, and will put The City and the ‘FROM INDUSTRIAL TO POST INDUSTRIAL’ West End within a 15 minute direct commute. /JUNE 2015

In an exclusive LFA event, David Twohig, Head of Design and Placemaking for Battersea Power Station Development Company; Ian Simpson and Rachel Haugh of SimpsonHaugh and Partners; and Philip Marsh of dRMM unveiled the story behind Circus West—the first phase of buildings set to open in 2016 that will begin the transformation of this industrial icon into a new post-industrial destination for London. The forum entitled ‘From Industrial to Post Industrial’ gave attendees an in-depth look at the design process of the buildings, exploring the role of the site’s public realm and how it will be activated and animated when its doors open. REVIEW

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Nicola Osborn—Occupational is different. Say if they are a crane and don’t have GPs nearby. We’ve Health Treatment and driver, they have to have an audio had so many thank you cards and Emergency Response Nurse, test because they’re using radio; if the attitude of all of the workers is Battersea Power Station they’re a confined space worker we’d just brilliant. Development Company do a lung check—so the medicals are tailored and we work alongside health Battersea is changing completely and I started here in December last year. and safety to work out which they there is lots of stuff going on. We’ve Before that I was at Crossrail doing would need. done some fun runs in Battersea Park the same sort of thing, and I was there and I’ve done a triathlon with some of for around two years. We have over 2,000 workers on site the development staff as well. It’s just every day. We operate a walk in centre a nice environment to work in. We do everything really! We have as well, open from 8am until 4pm a medical centre here at the Power so anyone who is unwell or has any “ Station. We do fitness for work injuries can come to be seen by us. IT’S ALWAYS DIFFERENT. medicals for workers before they come on site to make sure they are It’s always different. We can see WE CAN SEE ANYTHING fit and well enough to be here. How anything—anything could walk —ANYTHING COULD many do we do a week? At the minute through your door. The guys are we’re getting busy! We can do up so friendly and thankful because WALK THROUGH to 14 medicals a day, and each one many are working away from home YOUR DOOR.

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