Townhouses to build density in west Edinburgh
March 28 2025
Smith Scott Mullan Associates, on behalf of LAR Housing Trust, has filed plans for 11 four bedroom townhouses in three clusters at Ford's Road, Edinburgh.
Slotting into a former car park to the rear of Riverside House next to the Water of Leith, the terraced family homes will complement the recent residential conversion of Elfin Square, also by LAR.
Outlining their chosen design approach, the architects wrote: "The main design challenge was reducing the existing spatial chaos and the negative impact of the unattractive back elevations and car parking dominating Ford’s Road. The aim is to replace the brutalist car-centric space with a friendly and people-oriented urban street.
"Locating the 3.5-storey high buildings along Ford’s Road creates a legible, human-scale urban street where buildings and mature trees complement each other. This move allows us to obscure the untidy landscape of back elevations. Aligning with the Elphin House breaks its’ mass and minimises the impact of the oppressive gable."
Homes will be finished in a dark grey smooth cement slate cladding in a cassette pattern to lessen the brooding presence of Elphin House to the rear, with a light brick base to the flood line.
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