March 26 2013

Anderson Bell Christie has completed work on the first phase of a £6m residential scheme for Govan Housing Association at Dunsmuir Street, Govan.

Situated on the site of a former school the homes sit at the centre of a triangle formed by Ibrox stadium, Govan town centre and the science Centre the scheme incorporates a mixture of tenement flats, town houses and cottage flats.

Using a simple palette of brickwork the development provides 65 homes, including flats and semis, with a subsequent phase planned to deliver a further 74 flats  including a mixture of properties for sale and rent as well as low cost housing the development is intended to repair the strong street frontages which have traditionally defined the area.

In a statement Anderson Bell Christie said: "The site is important as it links disparate groups of development to patch the urban fabric and bind these dwellings into a community. The scheme has been designed to reinforce scale, massing, building lines and materiality.

"The sawtooth design of the town houses on Dunsmuir Street draws upon the strong rhythms created by the bays of the tenement block on Southcroft Street. This pattern also allows each town house to be identified in the block whilst orientating rooms to the south.

"Clear definitions have been set out between public and private space, and considerable care was taken to ensure that ownership was visible and tangible. The site does not create new roads, however all existing footpaths were retained and renewed where required."

The scheme has been designed to attain an Ecohomes Very Good rating and form part of ongoing efforts to regenerate Govan following Do Architecture’s Golspie Street, Austin-Smith:Lord's Pearce Street and Collective Architecture's Govan Gateway.

Photography by Tom Manley

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