Blochairn Housing Cooperative

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Blochairn Housing Cooperative
Proposals for the site at Royston Road/
Blochairn Road
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Aerial photograph
Railway line
Housing
Open grass land to the North
Derelict land
Railway line
Royston Road
Playing field
Bowling green
Recycling facility
SITE
School
Church
New Housing
Housing
Industrial area
Planted edge along railway embankment
M8
Railway line
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Historic Plans

• 1860-
• an agricultural site with a burn to the north
  east
• 1895-
• several railway lines and a goods yard
• burn culverted beneath site
• Royston rd/ Blochairn rd raised to cross railway
  line
• Present-
• storage yard/ derelict
• The site is currently council owned

Map dated 1860
Map dated 1895
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Public utilities
Public utitilies This drawing indicates the
locations of major utility infrastructure which
will affect the layout of the new buildings.
Only one diversion is proposed in the lowering of
the electrical cable at the site entrance. The
below ground culvert is to remain in its current
postion and the building plans adjusted to suit.
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Site section
Levels The site is dished shape with the boundary
rising steeply at the railway bridges to the
North and South. The central area is generally
level with a slight fall between the existing
access road and the railway line. Although the
site is currently derelict, rememnants of the
previous industrial activity (asphalt mounds,
loading platforms etc.) are still present.
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Photographic Study
View from bridge looking West
road built up to cross railway line
edge of site level with railway line
power lines
nearby housing overlooking the site
bridge
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Photographic Study
View from bridge looking North
Site cleared and mounds removed
dense vegetation surrounds site
busy railway line
land rises towards the boundary
retaining walls built up to support the roads
nearby housing
industrial units
existing self seeded trees
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Design Strategy
Design Strategy The three sides of the site have
different characterisitics in terms of noise,
orientation, shelter and outlook. It is proposed
that the new development responds to each of
these with adapted building forms and materials.
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Development in context
The new development responds to the different
sides of the site in its scale, form and in the
materials used.
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Proposed Site layout
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Moving towards a final proposal
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Landscaping
A variety of trees and plants are proposed to
soften the streetscape, to create a buffer to the
busy roads and to sustain local wild life and
habitat.
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Materials- Brick
Cladding Colour Options
Brick Selection
Brick encloses and protects the development from
Royston Road
Materials are used to define block as marker
point for development
Cladding creates interest and colour to
elevations within courtyard
Brick encloses and protects the development from
the railway
Facing brick is proposed to the majority of the
facades in a variety of colours set out in a
horizontal banded pattern to correspond with the
varying window materials. The is a good quality
material which will weather well in the long run.
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Materials- Brick
Cladding Colour Options
Brick Selection
Brick encloses and protects the development from
Royston Road
Materials are used to define block as marker
point for development
Cladding creates interest and colour to
elevations within courtyard
Brick encloses and protects the development from
the railway
Facing brick is proposed to the majority of the
facades in a variety of colours set out in a
horizontal banded pattern to correspond with the
varying window materials. The is a good quality
material which will weather well in the long run.
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Elevational treatment
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Development sketches
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Development sketches