Edinburgh’s Hermitage golf course to receive new club house
October 9 2015
The £3.4m project will see removal of an existing temporary clubhouse and its replacement with a low slung timber structure and split level roof to permit passive ventilation and natural light.
This will house a café, seminar room, gallery and offices with changing rooms, workshops and stores located in a basement sub-level.
In their design statement the architects said: “The building is conceived as a continuation of the existing landscape. A plateau is formed which establishes the principle floor level. From this glulam column ‘trees’ support a stepped ‘green’ roof. The internal soffit of the roof is detailed with timber slats for aesthetic and acoustic qualities - similar to that of a canopy of a tree.”
Chosen materials include light precast concrete eaves details, double glazed timber framed glass curtain walling & windows, treated larch timber cladding and ex¬posed glulam beams with steel connection plates.
The club house will be made available for public use
The proposed club house will be partially dug into the hillside
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6 Comments
#2 Posted by D to the R on 9 Oct 2015 at 13:42 PM
@1 Haha - Guffaw .... Structural Engineer?! Why would we ever need one of those ... Oh ... to hold it up ... sorry
#3 Posted by Cadmonkey on 12 Oct 2015 at 00:36 AM
Do INCH Architecture employ qualified architects?
Their web site is a bit vague on detail.
Their web site is a bit vague on detail.
#4 Posted by Bill S on 12 Oct 2015 at 08:52 AM
#3 Does it matter? If only the title is protected, as it is, then surely it is UR who need to update their above article as it seems that INCH Architecture + Design do not refer to themselves nor advertise themselves as Architects.
#5 Posted by dirge on 12 Oct 2015 at 09:23 AM
Yes they do have ARB architects, it took a 3 second google search to find out. How many of our commentators are ARB registered? Hardly any.
#6 Posted by Stephen on 12 Oct 2015 at 13:53 PM
INCH's website clearly states they have architects. Interestingly it's also described as a Social Enterprise (like the Big Issue) so it has to reinvest profits, unlike an ordinary practice or collective.
I think this project looks like it might be rather nice. Usual bizarre UR negativity displayed in comments 1 and 2. Anyone prepared to setup their practice as a Social Enterprise definitely gets the benefit of the doubt in my book.
I think this project looks like it might be rather nice. Usual bizarre UR negativity displayed in comments 1 and 2. Anyone prepared to setup their practice as a Social Enterprise definitely gets the benefit of the doubt in my book.
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