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Great to see Garnock Community Campus, which I have been working on for the past 3 years at JM Architects, handed-over and in the news:
http://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/16646/garnock-community-campus-formally-handed-over/?utm_source=Scottish+Construction+Now&utm_campaign=5e1b9d6b2f-SCN_05_01_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_da4310d8ed-5e1b9d6b2f-66769865
Last week saw the commencement of fabrication of the precast panels for the Devil’s Elbow, which are being produced by Plean Precast, prior to assembly on site by contractor Hunter Construction Ltd.
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Chuffed to find out yesterday that Daniel Smith and I have won an architectural competition as part of the Scottish Scenic Routes initiative to design a view point at the Devil's Elbow in Glenshee!
Our proposal seeks to enhance the dramatic setting by creating a subtle and respectful intervention and is conceived as a series of ‘moments’ - a marker encouraging motorists to stop; an interpretation panel to allow visitors to understand the geoglogy, morphology and topography of the area; a seating platform from which to enjoy the view to the landscape, and a series of steps to encourage visitors to explore the valley and hills beyond.
The proposal draws on the morphology of the old road as it existed prior to it being straightened, which followed the curve of the contours to navigate topography, to create a new meandering path cut into the hillside, connecting the lay-by to an existing path which is currently difficult to access. The path is primarily natural gravel, with areas of white acid-etched patterned precast concrete used to highlight the more special ‘moments’ along the route, whilst timber is used to to contrast against the hard concrete and offer a softer material which is touched by the visitor, such as the seating and interpretation panel.
We observed that the lay-by is currently visited by two types of user: hillwalkers wishing to explore the valley and surrounding hills, and visitors seeking to stop for a moment to take in the dramatic scenery. Our proposal caters to both groups, offering visitors the chance to sit and enjoy the landscape and encouraging them to explore further, whilst enhancing the experience of hillwalkers through a new graded path, offering a distinctive starting and ending point on their journey. By relocating and delineating the parking spaces, a clear view is given to the landscape and the original road line of the Devil’s Elbow is reinforced.
Through the restrained material palette of white precast concrete, white-washed larch and natural gravel, the proposal seeks to emulate the light grey tones of the granite scree slopes of the valley onto which it looks.
Garnock Campus, which I’m working on at jmarchitects has started on site! Read all about it at:
http://www.jmarchitects.net/news/garnock-campus-starts-on-site/
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RIP Frei Otto
Two bits of exciting news this week:
Firstly, I've passed my Part 3 and and am finally becoming an ARCHITECT!
Secondly, Garnock Campus; starting on site soon!
(jmarchitects and Kier Construction for HubSW)
A quick video I put together from photos which I've taken over the past 3 years showing of the Newbery Tower and GSA Reid Building.
The permanence of architecture is often seen as a defining aspect our built environment, with buildings becoming 'silent observers' in our everyday landscape and giving a place much of its character. However the death and birth of buildings – the demolition and construction process – gives us a brief insight into how architecture transforms the environment around us. Whilst this process may often take years, with only subtle – almost immeasurable – changes taking place on a daily basis, the construction process gives us a 'glimpse' into how buildings are forever changing our built environment.
Taken over three years, this video uses the demolition of the Newbery Tower and construction of the Reid Building as a lens with which to examine this moment in time and condense it into a snapshot capturing the transient nature of the built environment, and how these 'silent observers' are born.
Enjoy!
716 Argyle Street
A sad day for Scottish, and world-wide, architecture; the Mackintosh Building has caught fire!
Collective Architecture’s latest housing development was handed over last month. 716 Argyle Street comprises of 44 flats and 6 houses for Sanctuary Housing Association as part of the 3rd phase of the regeneration of the Anderston area of Glasgow.
The project has been shortlisted for ‘Affordable housing development of the year’ at this year’s Scottish Design Awards, due to be announced at the end of this month.
Photos by Andrew Lee Photography
716 Argyle Street
Also just finished on site... 716 Argyle Street! Nick from Collective Architecture tells me both the Client and residents are extremely happy with their new homes.
Few photos of the GSA since it's completion a week or so ago - looking pretty sharp.
New doors to the Vic! The doors are mild steel and will rust and age over time. Door handles are folded bead-blasted stainless steel and are loosely based on the proportions of the 'golden section'.
Few photos from the recently completed GSA Reid building which I've been working on at JM Architects, with Steven Holl Architects in New York!
The glorious sunshine in Glasgow today provided an opportunity for a final visit to our recently completed housing project on Argyle Street, Glasgow, before residents move in.
The 6 and 5 storey development of flats, and 3 storey town houses forms part of the 3rd phase of the regeneration of Anderston, reinstating the original tenemental scale of the area. More information on the project can be found on our website.
Hannah MacFarlane and I recently entered a competition to design a new 'green bridge' across the M73 Motorway near Easterhouse. The competition was run by the Glasgow Institute of Architects. Unfortunately we didn't make the final shortlist, however here was our competition entry.
Located to the North-East of Glasgow, the 7 Lochs Wetland Park is ideally located to become an important recreational facility on a national scale, particularly to the existing and future communities of Easterhouse. Of vital importance to its success is the connection across the M73 motorway. Existing connections here are of poor quality to both pedestrians and habitats – pedestrian paths are broken and the under-pass to the South is overgrown and disused. As such, the M73 creates both a physical and psychological barrier to overcome.
Through our studies of the site, we believed it was important to connect our link over the M73 to Drumpellier Park directly into the existing community of Easterhouse to encourage ownership, with the proposed Community Growth Areas being able to link in. The link would provide the opportunity for casual interactions, encouraging the successful integration of the new communities. We have been inspired by the poetic notion of ‘the line through the landscape’, which manifests itself in several ways; a dismantled railway, an overgrown canal, a line of trees. Taking this inspiration forward, we propose extending one of these lines – a treeline through Commonhead Moss – across the M73 as a ‘green pedestrian spine’ – a new green finger providing a direct and visible connection to Drumpellier Country Park.
We recognise the importance of the strategy of creating ‘Gateway buildings’ from where users begin their journey and propose to enhance this: the Spine offers a direct route from Easterhouse to the Visitor Centre allowing users to begin their journey from this gateway building, whilst also offering connections to Principle and Secondary routes, allowing users to branch out to these at key points, and is located in an area of maximum opportunity, where Woodland, Grassland and Wetland habitats overlap, and with a scenic journey through Commonhead Moss. As part of a wider strategy, we propose distinct identities for the routes through the Wetland Park with the subtle application of materials to signage, lighting, seating and handrails – timber to Core Paths, stainless steel to Secondary Paths and mild steel to the Spine – to upgrade the existing connections and to create a clear yet subtle way-finding strategy in a minimised and complimentary style, allowing nature to come to the foreground.
Our proposal for a new bridge as a crossing point is itself a physical extension of the treeline and is conceived in three parts – a ‘place to pause’ offering users a place to reflect with views out to Commonhead Moss, ‘condensed habitat bands’ which offer a flexible system for the integration of grassland, woodland and wetland habitats as well as a meandering pedestrian path across the M73, and a ‘viewing tower’ clad in perforated mild steel, which clearly marks the location and identity of the crossing point in the landscape and from the motorway, and allows for dramatic views across the surrounding wetland park.
The bridge fully exploits its location in the area where the three habitat types overlap to physically extend these across the motorway. Through the use of a deep structure of prefabricated inverted T-sections formed from the recycled steel of the surrounding dismantled railway lines, these are filled and planted with various native tree-types, grassland and wetland plant types to create a continuous habitat network across the M73, whilst a boardwalk path weaves between these offering a clear pedestrian and cycle route. Lighting is integrated at low-level to minimise visual impact and create a safe environment at night. Through the use of a modular and adaptable construction system, the bridge can be easily erected with minimal disruption to the traffic of the M73.
As a result, our proposal for a ‘line through the landscape’ offers a direct, adaptable and safe habitat link and wider identity for the 7 Lochs Wetland Park, fostering a greater relationship between greener communities and the environments within which they live.
See the GIA website to have a look at all the great competition entries: http://gia.org.uk/our-work/competitions/architecture-people-and-places
