The Barbican - I hate it!

[Poi E]

Not entirely, no, though he is one of the worst offenders obviously. I feel like debates in architecture tend to happen between architects, or sometimes between architects and planners/other professionals, not between architects and the people who use their products. And that applies to the smaller projects as well as the bigger ones.

Fair enough. Not a demanding lot, are we?

 

[HackneyE9]

I Live in the Barbican


People do seem to have a lot of trouble finding my flat and I don't even live in a that complicated bit. Describing to people how to get to my flat is unbelievably complicated considering its only 2 minutes walk from the tube.

It pretty cool to live there although its a little bit sterile on a day to day basis and generally the residential bits are mostly ghost towns. I have to say that after 4 years of living there I hardly ever use any of the services on offer in the centre. Not really too sure why. I used to go to the cinema a lot there but I've kind of stopped going.

The communal bits are nice plus if you're a resident you get a key that lets you into all the private garden bits and in the summer they are pretty wonderful. There are these little island things that extend out into the central lake that you can access which I like.

Also the rubbish gets collected right from a little hatch inside your flat every morning. They even sort your recycling out for you. I think although the service charge is huge you do actually get services that are well above par compared to most apartment blocks.

I'm happy to answer any questions if you want.

I'm moving out next week which all and all I'll be a bit sad about.

Just one question, really - can I buy your flat at a tenth of its market value, please!

 

[Red Faction]

barbican is well cool

not that i live in it- im in the lovely charterhouse square round the corner

 

[ethel]

charterhouse square?!

i hate you