DESIGN
APPROACH
Within the context of the square the proposal can be seen as an assemblage
of recognisable Victorian civic elements; plinth, planting and public seating.
Absent from this vocabulary is a fountain or water feature, familiar objects
commonly found in civic public spaces. Glasgow has a number of fountains some
of which are often highly sculptural, they can be associated with places to
meet, to sit or reference points within a city they can also create tranquil
spaces to linger. Our approach will introduce a water element to the square
in the form of a building, drawing on the language of the square but adding
to its vocabulary. In tandem with this, the building also aims to address broader
held external perceptions of Scottish ness and draws on recognisable landscape
elements of stone, heather and water. The contextual overlap of these elements
extends the vocabulary of the square by simultaneously introducing plinth as
stone, planting as heather and fountain as waterfall.
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