The aim of this project was to revitalise Finstown, a small town within Orkney which had lost its community spirirt and drive. The lack of work within the small town was identified as a main reason the community had become…
Andrew Rough
A series of ideas which challenge the way we currently live. With the cost of living continuing to rise, we need to think about how we could live differently. This project aimed to explore a series of ways in which…
Anna Doroba
Throughout my research I developed digital aspects of the King Street site within Aberdeen and became interested in the three 15-minute cities. The 15-minute city is an idea of a neighbourhood that have all functions needed for living within a…
Annabel Rennie
This project holds the ambition to rethink and redesign crofting, the backbone of South Usit, in order to sustain a future for the Island community. Acanthus is centred around the growing and production of crickets, to supplement both the human…
Ashley Van Huis
Exploring the enmeshed and layered pedestrian spaces in North Castlegate. Using LiDAR technology and physical printmaking methods, this project investigates the relationship between image making and our understanding of spatial relationships. Using layered separation printmaking methods with three-dimensional digital point…
Craig Laird
In the past years, the students of unit 2 have undertaken the development of a master plan for the small Orkney village of Finstown. In stage 5, the unit developed an overall masterplan of the village, promoting the idea of…
Erin Wilkinson
Clachan Spirit proposes a sustainable housing development through the adaptive reuse of dilapidated buildings to create new affordable homes. It aims to bring unused land back to life through the restoration of old ruins and introduction of new builds. This…
Joshua Ekekwe
Regent Square & St. Mary’s Plaza is a mixed community development within the university zone of king’s street 15-minute city. The development incorporates health, education and social functions that neighbour a newly renovated church (now a gallery and café that…
Kamila Pluta
Pomona Inn is an early 19th century, stone wall farmhouse – currently performing poorly at EPC rating G. Throughout the design module, the bar took place in the new extension of Pomona. Leaving the existing structure as just bar lounges.…
Kyle Henderson
My Design found engineered wood to be most appropriate for the South Uist brief. Modern engineered timber products, most known as ‘mass timber’ with Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) the most widely known such product, are a new addition to the…