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Housing Typology (5 of 7)
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Housing Typology (5 of 7): Towers, Corners and Markers
Transcript of Housing Typology (5 of 7)
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Housing Typology (5 of 7): Towers, Corners and Markers
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IntroductionA sample of individual buildings with a role in the wider landscape or townscape. This fifth of seven in our typologies series looks at the role of towers, corners and markers in the Scottish landscape. Illustrated by mapping, photography and scale drawings, our aim is to show the linkage between design of the house and the place of which it forms a part.
From the tower house to craggy skylines and the Kirk, built form in Scotland includes many landmark buildings; whether marked out against the background of other buildings or the landscape, by their scale and distinctive detail, or responding imaginatively to the quirks of Scottish topography and visual context.
Such landmarks create diversity and incident in the visual townscape, contributing to the ‘legibility’ of local streets.
Here we look at examples of housing designed as landmarks or way markers.
Here we illustrate built examples where architects and urban designers have sought to reconcile contemporary living with the wider roles and functions of the individual house that are integral to placemaking.
Roles of towers, corners and markersThe success of this form can be attributed to some of the useful roles it plays:
1. Economic Value• handling development of visually prominent sites• facilitating development of unusual or complex sites
2. Townscape Value• providing local landmarks• strengthening a sense of place
3. Cultural Value• providing local identity• assisting navigation and way-finding• reinforcing local history and memory
4. Environmental Value• an efficient use of land
Viewing this dataDrawing and mapping were prepared by Architecture and Design Scotland in 2013, based on material supplied by the architects involved.
^ Landmarks in Dumfries town centre (image: David Nutter, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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A’Chrannag, RothesayA local landmark that responds positively to a visually prominent location with a re-interpretation of the Scottish towerhouse. This is both responsive to context and an efficient building form.
CreditsDesign: Gokay Deveci Chartered ArchitectImageS: Andrew Lee
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Foley Court
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TOWERS AND MARKERS
HOUSING VALUE STUDY_CATEGORY B
Typology
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B 10.1 _ A'CHRANNAGDRAFT
17_12_12 1:1250@A4
0 10m 50m
^ Location plan
^ A distinctive building responsive to context
^ Site plan
˅ Detail plan and section
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Collier Place, CraigmillarAn individual house designed with a view to its role in the public realm. The geometry of the plan is adapted in such a way as to form a street narrowing at the gateway to two streets that lead to a new school. The corner dining room window and porch provides a distinctive way of activating an important street corner.
Beyond the street corner the repetition of a shortened terrace allows a stepping of the street and frontage alignment; simultaneously a traffic-calming device integral to the architecture and a means of breaking up the massing in an urban environment to create domestic-scaled elements.
CreditsDesign:Elder & Cannon ArchitectsImage 1: Keith HunterImage 2 & 3: A&DS
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Nursery School
El Sub Sta
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Children' s House
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NIDDRIE MAINS DRIVE
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* all area calculations are subject to confirmation of allocated parking locations.
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H O U SI N G V A L UE ST UD Y _C A T E GO R Y A
* all area calculations are subject to confirmation of allocated parking locations.
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* all area calculations are subject to confirmation of allocated parking locations.
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^ Location plan
^ Corner marker house
^ Site plan
^ Turning the street corner
˅ Detail plan
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Gas Governor
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B 1.2 _ EXPO PLOT 2DRAFT
17_12_12 1:1250@A4
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HOUSING VALUE STUDY_CATEGORY B
THE TERRACETypology
^ Location plan
^ Street front and corner
^ Site plan
^ Gable as a corner marker on the avenue
Balvonie Terrace, InvernessThis terrace forms a roadside frontage seen from and scaled to the larger landscape. The distinctive raised corner and gable window mark out an urban event, the gateway into a neighbourhood. The architecture is an inventive re-interpreted vernacular that links to indigenous linear forms common in the rural landscape. Where front gardens are open to the street, private rear gardens are contained by enclosing walls - balancing fronts and entrances with backs and privacy. Parking in this example is located at the front to support the activity and function of the street. High quality materials are prioritised to suit the importance of this gateway location.
The terrace forms part of Scotland’s Housing Expo site at Balvonie, Inverness.
CreditsDesign: NORD Architecture LtdImages: AREA
˅ Detail plan and section
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Hay Gardens, CraigmillarAn individual house forms an urban gateway at the entrance to a street in a demanding urban setting. The frontage is 2.5 storeys tall, stepping forwards to strengthen the urban role of providing street enclosure. A change of material is used to distinguish the corner plot. The frontage steps back beside the corner house, effectively giving way to allow larger front curtilage and gardens to the adjoining terraced houses.
Back gardens are strongly contained by brick walls, an important consideration.
CreditsDesign: Elder & Cannon ArchitectsImage: A&DS
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Nursery School
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Children' s House
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NIDDRIE MAINS DRIVE
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PO
HaysCommunityBus inessCentre
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HAY GARDENS
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Niddrie Mains
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NIDDRIE MAINS TERRACE
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MOFFA T WAY
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COLL IER PLACE
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COLLIER PLACE
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0 50m N
* all area calculations are subject to confirmation of allocated parking locations.
© Crown copyright and database rights 2012 Ordnance Survey 100053303
Scale/ Format
Status
Date
T itleA1 _SIT E PLANINFO R MAT IO N
2 8 _0 1 _1 3 1 : 1 2 5 0 @ A3
A 1 _WA U C O U PE SQ UA R E , C R A IGMIL L A R
H O U SI N G V A L UE ST UD Y _C A T E GO R Y A
* all area calculations are subject to confirmation of allocated parking locations.
Study boundary/ gross area*Key
* all area calculations are subject to confirmation of allocated parking locations.
nett area*
K ey
Study boundary / gross area*
nett area*
^ Location plan
^ Street front
^ Site plan
˅ Detail plan and section
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Housing Typology (1 of 7): The Terrace
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Housing Typology (2 of 7): Clusters, Groupings and Courtyards
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Housing Typology (3 of 7): Closes, Wynds and Mews
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Housing Typology (4 of 7): Edge
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Housing Typology (6 of 7): Topographic and Climatic Responses
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Housing Typology (7 of 7): Adaptables
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