Working with the Public Artist Rob Colbourne the design team developed the landscape proposals to reflect the past; taking inspiration from the names, materials and brands of the site’s industrial history. The site was an important stockyard used to store an array of Glasgow’s manufactured exports including timber, stone, whiskey and steel. These references were used to create site geometry, patterning and text; creating a sense of place based upon the rich site history and the family names that had once worked on the Riverfront.

We proposed social spaces equipped with storage for book swaps and movable chairs, community led grow areas and exercise equipment that would provide opportunities for social cohesion. Designing spaces that can help foster a new community is an important part of our design process and also something that resonates with our clients, and the local councils, who will both benefit from vibrant, successful places.