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Architects: Page\Park Architects
- Area: 1477 m²
- Year: 2019
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Photographs:Keith Hunter
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Hunter Douglas Architectural (Europe), RHEINZINK, Forbo Flooring Systems, Hunter Douglas, Ibstock, IdealCombi, James Latham, Nemetschek, Planet Partitions, Russwood, SAS International
Text description provided by the architects. The new home of the New Gorbals Housing Association is a bespoke office and civic piazza forming the centrepiece of the Crown Street redevelopment in Glasgow. Our task was to design a building that could be easily adapted to provide a variety of workplace functions, future proof expansion, better connect the association with the wider Gorbals community with improved facilities for tenants and cultivate the social well-being and comfort of staff. The building maintains a civic presence externally, with an expressive brick skin to visually connect the association to the wider Gorbals community. The facade is considered akin to a permeable ‘walled garden’, maximising views out to the surrounding city, whilst focused on an internal workspace which conceals an intimate south-facing courtyard garden. A large illuminated sign fixed to the building proudly announces ‘Gorbals’ as a landmark within the urban context.
