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Been a very busy few weeks so only just catching up on the training ground stuff now.
My word, what an incredible facility - it really does look obscene! Something for all of us and the county to be so so proud of. Will be paying dividends for decades I'm ceratin.
Slight dissapointment (if you can even call it that) - does anybody else think the exterior looks quite modular and functional? Not particularly inspiring given the inside looks like NASA.
Would have been nice to see the arhictect have a bit more creative licence and do something a bit out of the ordinary.
P.s. yes I'm aware we were in League 1 five years ago and therefore moaning about a training ground exterior is laughable in that conext.
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Training ground architecture on 11:48 - Oct 18 with 1574 views
But I agree, not seen it in the flesh (or the concrete) but from the video it does look to lean a bit towards the modern day light industrial unit with spacious atrium style.
Training ground architecture on 11:48 - Oct 18 by WeWereZombies
A somewhat brutalist view of the building...
But I agree, not seen it in the flesh (or the concrete) but from the video it does look to lean a bit towards the modern day light industrial unit with spacious atrium style.
Industrial unit/school sports facility was where my mind went too!
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Training ground architecture on 11:55 - Oct 18 with 1519 views
It does look a bit brutalist - but as has been said, it’s designed as a place of work and in terms of what it appears to offer, inside, pitches etc it looks amazing.
Time and use will soften it too.
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Training ground architecture on 13:06 - Oct 18 with 1302 views
I think it aligns well with the modern look that the club has gone for across the club. You look at the black around the ground. The west stand work etc all very simple plans but look smart. As churchman says too the training ground is a place to work. I think something looking different and more architectural would look quite leisurely.
Training ground architecture on 13:06 - Oct 18 by FrimleyBlue
I think it aligns well with the modern look that the club has gone for across the club. You look at the black around the ground. The west stand work etc all very simple plans but look smart. As churchman says too the training ground is a place to work. I think something looking different and more architectural would look quite leisurely.
Looks impressive to me. Modern, corporate, businesslike, professional. The sort of adjectives that Ashton wanted to reflect. Just looks like we mean business. Not sure the whole rebuild is worth 30 million, but that is the modern world.
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Training ground architecture on 18:12 - Oct 18 with 978 views
Training ground architecture on 16:31 - Oct 18 by mellowblue
Looks impressive to me. Modern, corporate, businesslike, professional. The sort of adjectives that Ashton wanted to reflect. Just looks like we mean business. Not sure the whole rebuild is worth 30 million, but that is the modern world.
That was rather my point.
We could have been quite bold but have gone for "corporate" and "businesslike".
They couldn’t go any higher because of planning, so any spectacular roof lines were out, more pitches were needed, that was the priority. As a ‘new build’ I think it’s its pretty good looking. Then again, I do take pics of old school Brutalist buildings on my travels! I was disappointed when they took down the Tracy’s side of Greyfriars!
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Training ground architecture on 09:39 - Oct 19 with 568 views
Training ground architecture on 12:27 - Oct 18 by Churchman
It does look a bit brutalist - but as has been said, it’s designed as a place of work and in terms of what it appears to offer, inside, pitches etc it looks amazing.
Time and use will soften it too.
Architecture critic and educator here. It is not remotely brutalist. If I had to give such non-style a name I would say "late-stage capitalism modernist", but generally labels don't help.
I mentioned a year or more ago whenever the plans were revealed that I thought it was dirge as architecture, but obviously as long as it's functional that's important. The architects the club uses, KKA, are also behind the recent West Stand works, and I think also the earlier works on the South Stand (memorial garden, opening up the Portman Road corner, ex-Staples etc).
KKA also worked for Ashton at Bristol City, so I guess he went straight to them as a trusted partner not for any design reasons.
Look, I can't get too wound up about it. The stuff inside the building looks top notch and if that helps players recover and a few points, great. But, generally, I care greatly about the quality of design and architecture in this country. It's what I do for all my work. And this is just so unremarkable as a building it could be a low-range Airport lounge, a budget out-of-town centre chain hotel, or a light-industrial storage facility.
There's no interest given to elevating this beyond bland, having any personality other than some stuck-on horses, and nothing that says what the programme of the place is.
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