The whole “local homes for local people” thing is pretty disgusting as well.
“It’s too big and too tall” just sounds so childish
Hi genuinely asking: from my understanding, student housing buildings such as these reduces competition btw international students and the local people for local flats = more local flats for local people is that correct?
I think we should have a 170 storey one think of all the random things you could fit inside it
Yeah but then you build even more tall towers, and it won’t look so out of place eh.
I’m shocked that 17 stories would stand out in Kennington. We need to get a move on. Yes, I think we should have many buildings like this where there is space to build them, and taller ones too.
I like the argument that “it’s bigger than other buildings in the area”. By that logic, no buildings should have ever been built in human history bigger than one story
looks good enough to me
“Do you think this tall tower is a good fit for Kennington?”
It’s really not that big or tall, Kennington is very much INNER London. If you visit other major metropolises like NY Paris Madrid, such areas are packed full of 6/7 story buildings
This country is stuck in the Middle Age if it cant get over NIMBY’sm
I’m sorry but the NIMBYs are right on this one. I mean who in their right mind would want to knock down [this feat of architecture](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Pgiw6xnoQqX6YtLc8?g_st=ac)? This monument to God himself?
I think that’s not all that tall for a mega city, and that’s aldo a fairly major street it’s on not some little back street.
NIMBY nonsense indeed.
Some people want nothing at all to change. Nothing. It ultimately makes everyone miserable with the downstream effects. This is a beautiful looking building and 17 stories is not high by any international standard. This isn’t a tiny village or small town, it’s London, there should be at least one city in the UK buildings can match some scale of what’s common in North America and Asia.
1. It will stand out amongst the current buildings
2. There’ll be more of them afterwards
Sounds like 2 solves 1 nicely.
Ok but point 2 says there will be more towers, which resolves the complaint raised in point 1.
How are there local people if they don’t have homes?
A bit of an assumption, but I don’t think the leaflet producers are thinking of Kennington’s local homeless population.
At first glance I thought this was an advert for the property because the building looks really nice lmao
didn’t expect to see a building I worked on pop-up on reddit. Not surprised by the campaign considering the attitudes I see in public consultations whenever any kind of student housing is proposed
I live in the area and have been to a couple of the consultancy meetings. The people who are opposing this are exactly who you’d expect: rich old homeowners with very little else to do.
Whenever you see flyers like these in your local area, always go to the planning website to leave comments in support of the project. It does help.
“It will be student housing, not homes for local people”.
Fucking idiotic.
Are students not people any more? More student accom = fewer houses converted into student accom = more houses for “local” people.
We need density to avoid building on greenfield.
1. Students bring money to the economy
2. If students have dedicated housing then that frees up space for other kinds of housing
3. There’s a much taller building to the right of it.
I literally just walked past this today. I go to Kennington park a lot. In fairness, it’s a very tall building compared to everything else here. But, the existing building is in big need of replacing. Solution? Probably trim the number of storeys down from 16 to about 10? Should surely keep everybody happy.
The students piece is nonsense – as someone else said, they’re coming anyway, so might as well have them in a block like this
>it will be for student housing, not for much needed homes for local people
They do realise that if the students aren’t living in student housing they’re living in other homes
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The whole “local homes for local people” thing is pretty disgusting as well.
“It’s too big and too tall” just sounds so childish
Hi genuinely asking: from my understanding, student housing buildings such as these reduces competition btw international students and the local people for local flats = more local flats for local people is that correct?
I think we should have a 170 storey one think of all the random things you could fit inside it
Yeah but then you build even more tall towers, and it won’t look so out of place eh.
I’m shocked that 17 stories would stand out in Kennington. We need to get a move on. Yes, I think we should have many buildings like this where there is space to build them, and taller ones too.
I like the argument that “it’s bigger than other buildings in the area”. By that logic, no buildings should have ever been built in human history bigger than one story
looks good enough to me
“Do you think this tall tower is a good fit for Kennington?”
It’s really not that big or tall, Kennington is very much INNER London. If you visit other major metropolises like NY Paris Madrid, such areas are packed full of 6/7 story buildings
This country is stuck in the Middle Age if it cant get over NIMBY’sm
I’m sorry but the NIMBYs are right on this one. I mean who in their right mind would want to knock down [this feat of architecture](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Pgiw6xnoQqX6YtLc8?g_st=ac)? This monument to God himself?
https://preview.redd.it/ez56k0xmso3f1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=cbd8453200d9183c098f1a4e87e59f70a9693399
Looks a bit like a less flat Flat Iron building
I think that’s not all that tall for a mega city, and that’s aldo a fairly major street it’s on not some little back street.
NIMBY nonsense indeed.
Some people want nothing at all to change. Nothing. It ultimately makes everyone miserable with the downstream effects. This is a beautiful looking building and 17 stories is not high by any international standard. This isn’t a tiny village or small town, it’s London, there should be at least one city in the UK buildings can match some scale of what’s common in North America and Asia.
1. It will stand out amongst the current buildings
2. There’ll be more of them afterwards
Sounds like 2 solves 1 nicely.
Ok but point 2 says there will be more towers, which resolves the complaint raised in point 1.
How are there local people if they don’t have homes?
A bit of an assumption, but I don’t think the leaflet producers are thinking of Kennington’s local homeless population.
At first glance I thought this was an advert for the property because the building looks really nice lmao
didn’t expect to see a building I worked on pop-up on reddit. Not surprised by the campaign considering the attitudes I see in public consultations whenever any kind of student housing is proposed
I live in the area and have been to a couple of the consultancy meetings. The people who are opposing this are exactly who you’d expect: rich old homeowners with very little else to do.
Whenever you see flyers like these in your local area, always go to the planning website to leave comments in support of the project. It does help.
“It will be student housing, not homes for local people”.
Fucking idiotic.
Are students not people any more? More student accom = fewer houses converted into student accom = more houses for “local” people.
We need density to avoid building on greenfield.
1. Students bring money to the economy
2. If students have dedicated housing then that frees up space for other kinds of housing
3. There’s a much taller building to the right of it.
I literally just walked past this today. I go to Kennington park a lot. In fairness, it’s a very tall building compared to everything else here. But, the existing building is in big need of replacing. Solution? Probably trim the number of storeys down from 16 to about 10? Should surely keep everybody happy.
The students piece is nonsense – as someone else said, they’re coming anyway, so might as well have them in a block like this
>it will be for student housing, not for much needed homes for local people
They do realise that if the students aren’t living in student housing they’re living in other homes
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