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Town Hall Kirkcudbright / Measured Drawing / Emergency Housing

Part 1 Project 2003
Lewis Kinneir
 Mackintosh School of Architecture | UK
TOWN HALL KIRKCUDBRIGHT

This is a brand new Town Hall building on the waterfront in a small fishing town steeped in tradition. I wanted to create a relationship between the historic atmosphere and the innovative new build – with the purpose of inspiring the townspeople to see a bright future involving themselves within the community structure.

The building provides both civil and civic functions which are individually recognisable.

The scale and layout of the building give comprehensive access and usability. The modulation echoes the present urban fabric with its separation by alleys and covered lanes between buildings.

G.P.O Kiosk 6, MEASURED DRAWING

A fascinating investigation and imperial measured survey of early mass produced small scale architecture.

EMERGENCY HOUSING

An intense programme on accommodation during international aid relief, utilising the attributes of sustainability. Manufacture acknowledges more than just the product but appropriate methods specific to location and situation.



New Town Hall and Civic Space
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries

The town hall aims to generate a new social and civic locus in a small coastal town. Its form reflects the notion of the complexity and grain of the town, intact and self sustaining, complex and specialised as needs and demands dictate.

In scale and language, it looks beyond the immediate context and proposes through a range of spaces and destinations, public and private, social and work-related that define more clearly present day life for the towns citizens.
2003
CONCEPT Align the scheme with the local culture and indigenous fabric.
SCHEME The civic spaces are raised up and address the mound creating a lower exterior enclosure. The civil amenities stand as a penetrated wall through which one arrives in a public garden echoing Kirkcudbright’s character.
SITE PLAN Kirkcudbright’s major assets are utilised as selected views – castle, mound, water front, and church.
AERIAL PHOTO
PLANS The ground floor is designed as a total Civic access area: tourist information, resource centre and computer suite. Moving up the building the Civil accommodation becomes more secure.
SECTIONS The building utilises the site’s aspect and topography. Stepping down to the waterfront and buffering its industry creating a civic basin to the side.
TECHNICAL A fundamental drive of the scheme is that during planning, construction and use, the local community is involved. The building’s construction utilises local labour and skills. Sustainability is at the forefront providing an example.
GPO KIOSK 6 A measured drawing study using imperial units to investigate high quality, high detail accessible architecture. The starting point of my dissertation.
EMERGENCY HOUSING The an intensely practical short term programme exploring low cost aid relief methods on an international scale where manufacture must acknowledge more than just the product but appropriate methods specific to location and situation.
EMERGENCY HOUSING PHOTO
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