Saltcoats Development
- Winner
Holmes Partnership
Saltcoats Competition
Saltcoats Development Shortlist
RIAS competition on behalf of McLaughlin Construction and Irvine Bay Urban
Regeneration Company
Craig Heap: The Holmes Partnership, Glasgow.
Marcus McEwan: Elizabeth Roxburgh Architects, Edinburgh
Peter Bowman: Cre8 Architecture, Edinburgh
Joseph Thurrott: Joseph Thurrott Architects, Edinburgh
Proposal: apartment building
Site: adj. Ardrossan seafront
Submissions: 48
Saltcoats Competition - cre8architecture PR: 22 Jan 2008
cre8architecture’s Saltcoats Apartments
An exciting shortlisted scheme for the RIAS Saltcoats Apartments Competition
on the west coast of Scotland
Occupying a prestigious location on the Ayrshire coastline, the concept
boldly challenges the spatial imperfections of this gateway site whilst
respecting the adjacent urban fabric behind the gates. The sculptural
form smoothly follows the line of the buildings along the street edge,
then accelerates as it turns and launches itself towards the town –
its figure becoming captured in this inspiring coastline landmark.
Tall silhouettes of the envelope, queuing one next to each other, orientate
the majority of the apartments towards the magnificent coastline panorama.
This stepping footprint, massing and building orientation creates a range
of apartment types and prices, whilst still permitting an element of modularisation
and prefabrication. The scheme also incorporates a number of sustainable
features that allow the development to deliver excellent environmental
ratings set within a backdrop of commercial reality.
RIAS PR: 22 Oct 2007
STUNNING SALTCOATS SITE CHOSEN FOR DESIGN COMPETITION
A national competition has been launched to design a landmark housing
development for a prime site in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire in a project
which is the first of its kind in Scotland.
The competition organised by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in
Scotland, is being sponsored by Irvine Bay Regeneration Company and local
building company McLaughlin Construction.
Patrick Wiggins, Chief Executive of Irvine Bay said: “This site is
simply stunning and lends itself to a landmark building. “We are
delighted to be working with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in
Scotland to offer this site for a design competition.
“We are asking architects to produce designs for apartments which
will meet very good design and build standards and which importantly,
will be a high quality design which exploits the location and a suitable
landmark for this prominent location.
“We also expect high levels of environmental sustainability.”
Dick Cannon, a well respected and award winning Glasgow architect is the
competition’s independent assessor. The other jurors will include
developer Paul McLaughlin, sustainability expert Lori McElroy and Arthur
Watson, Development Manager with Irvine Bay URC.
The competition seeks to generate designs which will maximise the site’s
sea views to Arran and meet the need for two and three bedroom flats in
the area.
The development will meet the BREEAM Ecohomes Very Good standard. This
standard seeks to minimise energy consumption and reduce waste in construction
including using materials supplied from renewable sources, using pre-fabrication
to reduce on-site waste, specifying materials with a high recycled or
re-used content, sourcing materials that are accredited from sustainable
sources and which minimise the environmental impact of manufacturing and
sourcing materials locally to reduce transport emissions.
In addition, the designs will seek to influence the way in which the occupiers
of the houses conserve energy and minimise waste.
William Wood of RIAS said: “This is the first design competition
of its type where we have worked with a local regeneration company and
construction company to produce a compelling landmark design for an apartment
block. We expect there to be a high level of interest in this competition.”
Paul McLaughlin, Director of McLaughlin Construction, the site owner said:
“ We are keen to make sure that we maximise the potential of this
site with a development which will not only be a great place to live but
which also helps with the wider regeneration of Saltcoats and the surrounding
area.
The closing date for designs to be submitted is 7th December and it is
expected that a shortlist will be interviewed before the winner is announced
in mid-January.
Further information on the competition is available to from the RIAS and
Irvine Bay Regeneration Company www.irvinebayurc.co.uk
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