A-listed Calton church set for new neighbours
January 31 2019
AS Homes and George Buchanan Architects have worked up plans for a development of 40 flats adjacent to the A-listed St Mary’s Church, Calton, as the first phase of a larger regeneration project.
Fronting Abercrombie and Forbes Street the proposed scheme would skirt an historic burial ground, retained as amenity space, with a materials palette comprising facing brick, rainscreen cladding and metal balustrades.
In a design statement the architects wrote: “The aspect of each flat has been carefully considered to ensure their principal rooms overlook garden space in lieu of parking / bin stores.
“The garden space has been positioned to tie with the future phase landscaping, with particular regard to the historic burial ground and it’s restrictions on construction.
“Along street frontages, the blocks have been held back circa two metres from the pavement to allow the installation of a wall and railing with hedging and shrubbery behind. This softens the edge of the development whilst providing an attractive defensible zone.”
Picking up on the vertical emphasis of adjacent buildings the project includes vertically aligned windows with cladding elements highlighting points of entry.
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5 Comments
The aesthetics leave something to be desired, but otherwise the 'affordable housing' becomes a little less affordable.
Questionable language aside I personally don't mind it as an approach to massing and roofline - it gives the street elevations a clean simplicity and presence and a solidly urban scale that Glasgow's hollowed-out inner areas like the Calton desperately need. Far better than the cheaply detailed and flimsy oversailing eaves of the typical 00s infill, or the suburban timidity of the 80s and 90s hipped roof HA schemes.
Seriously though....are dual pitch roofs so last year?
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