Platanus

Nicky Hirst

Nine Elms, Battersea
Part of Berkeley Homes Vista Development

January 2015 – Ongoing

A side shot of an apartment building with blue windows, grey panels interspersed with 2 panels that have curved grey and white lines on them.

Platanus, 2018 by Nicky Hirst at Berkeley Homes Vista Development. Photography: Thierry Bal

Nicky Hirst’s commission for the Vista façade, Platanus, makes reference to the adjacent park and particularly the London Plane Trees planted in the 1850’s, both in Battersea Park and wider Central London. The work takes inspiration from the Plane Trees bark pattern and the resulting fluid shapes also resemble and reference the water surface of the nearby River Thames. The work is reminiscent of the contours and pathways winding around Battersea Park and echoes the layered and contoured nature of the Vista building.