Strip jenga block ideas12/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() “Along with the high price-tag on the flats, this creates a psychological barrier – effectively a gated community – that serves to separate the haves and have nots.” While we are keeping an open mind until we see the exhibition, the design, form and colour of the artist's impressions are quite alien to Folkestone. “Many are worried it is overbearing, with the highest points potentially being over 40 metres high. Mark Hourahane is concerned over the amount of parking spaces being lost due to the development “People are now waking up to the true scale of the development, with the first plot nearing completion and new artist's impressions showing what this phase could look like,” he added. Mark Hourahane, vice chair of the New Folkestone Society, described the concepts as “alien to Folkestone”. “There’s absolutely no flow and none of them go with the harbour aesthetically.” “Why are all of the buildings so incredibly different? One looks like a bongo drum and another like a hornet’s nest! “I have been to both previous consultations and I feel like I am saying the same thing again – beyond the sheer scale of the buildings and the shadows they will throw into the harbour, there is absolutely no flow to the designs,” she told KentOnline. Georgina Baker has launched a petition to “block the blocks” at Folkestone harbour Meanwhile, Folkestone resident Georgina Baker, who has started a petition to “block the blocks”, described the designs as “monstrous”. “It’s a shame to see such beautiful considered architecture along the beach to be bookended by a group of unrelated masses, shapes and colours.” However, now this design feels visually heavy, bulky, unfriendly, confrontational with very little design language or connection between buildings. “The initial artist renderings of the harbour conveyed a similar sentiment. Instagram account Folkestoneisbeautiful, which has previously posted in support of FHSDC’s Shoreline Crescent flats along the coast, said: “So far I really like the various ‘plots’ or beachfront buildings as there is clearly a synergy with the design as it progresses with a lightness of design. It is not just people commenting on KentOnline’s story who have been left disappointed by the designs. Image showing the proposed Folkestone seafront development – stretching from the already-built Shoreline Crescent flats on the left, to the tower blocks on the harbour arm car park on the right They show how the towers would be built on the site of the current harbour arm car park, which is often completely full due to the attraction’s popularity. The designs were revealed as FHSDC launches a new consultation into the scheme, which is the final stage of its masterplan for the town’s coastline. A word cloud formed from more than 100 comments made on KentOnline's Facebook page about the Folkestone harbour designs Other unfavourable comparisons made online have so far included giant Jenga, termite mounds, wasp nests and even piles of poo. ![]()
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