Yes, you can clearly see from this image how the council architect has cunningly "maximised views from the school across to the Forth Bridge".
I haven't seen that innovative approach employed this way before.
Well done lads.
Nice amount of notice on the consultation event.
Appreciated.

This whole article is quite frankly hilarious. These austerity budget cuts must also be brutal if all they have left is MS Paint.

Is this serious ??!!.... I can understand budget cuts and people can't afford to pay for a CGI. I good sketch would've been more than enough but clearly this has been drawn by a 12 year old child and not by someone graduated from University. This is a total disaster for the profession.

What I fear and suspect is that the planners and architects have their eyes on glittering architectural reputations and awards. What I heard at the consultation was a lot of references to views and designs echoing the beauty of the Forth Bridge. That's all well and good and I'm sure when the planners and architects are sitting at home in their well catered for parts of Edinburgh or Glasgow with their awards and prizes for their beautifully designed building in Queensferry, they won’t give two hoots for the increasing numbers of kids roaming the streets outside the lovely wee building with nothing to do but cause havoc and mayhem due to boredom and lack of local facilities. If the architects and planners can’t produce a good looking building packed with great facilities for pupils and the community alike then a dull box of a building will suffice as long as it squeezes every last drop of the budget into as many facilities as possible within its functional facade. I think this would be the preferred option for those of us who actually live within the local community and use the building, once everyone else has left town with their awards and prizes at the end of the project.

@Brian. Stuffing your kids into a boring box that says we don't give two hoots about you or your eduction, just sit in here cooped up like battery hens and prepare for a life of drudgery is the best way to make sure the kids get disengaged and hang around causing havoc.

Until such time as the scheme is clearly seen to be a Hub Lump, I'm inclined to look at the sketches with positivity. In fact, i'd go so far as to say they are a welcome departure from sepia tone renders, birds flying in the corners and kids holding balloons. Image 2 in particular, if it can be realised, would be an amazing space.

Ps - #4. a dull box should never suffice.

Which drawing package are these images drawn in?
Are they REVIT?