Aberdeen Masterplan Final Presentation

SITE ANALYSIS | ABERDEEN MASTERPLAN
GROUP 4 | BRIAN CHEW | GERARD ELLIS | JOLIE HO | COLIN ROBERTSON | DAVID STRATHDEE | PRESENTATION 20-11-08
TO SHOW THROUGH ANALYSIS AND INVESTIGATION HOW PROPOSED SITES CAN BE
DEVELOPED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL MASTERPLAN
WE WILL DO THIS BY:
> RECAPING OVERALL AREA ANALYSIS
> SPECIFIC SITE ANALYSIS
> ADVISING CRITERIA FOR NEW

DEVELOPMENTS AND USES
> PROPOSING A NEW MASTERPLAN
> SHOWING HOW THE SITES ARE LINKED
> A WALKTHROUGH OF THE NEW PROPOSAL
AIM OF PRESENTATION
WALKABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS
CENTRAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
CULTURAL QUARTER
EXISTING
CULTURAL QUARTER
EXISTING
CULTURAL QUARTER
PROPOSED
CULTURAL QUARTER
PROPOSED
MAKE USE OF THE GOOD
TRANSPORT LINKS WITHIN
THE AREA, TRAIN, CAR
AND BUSES
GIVE THE PEDESTRIAN

BACK PRIORITY, TAKING
THE CAR OUT OF THE CITY
CENTRE, IMPROVING
PEDESTRIAN LINKS
IMPROVED PARKING
FACILITIES IN
CONJUNCTION WITH
PUBLIC REALM
DEVELOP LINKS AND
IMPROVE ACCESS TO
UNION TERRACE
GARDENS, THE HEART OF
THE CITY
CONNECTIVITY
OVERALL DESIGN PRINCIPLES
ACCENTUATE EXISTING
QUALITY BUILDINGS,
COMPLIMENTING THEM
WITH QUALITY NEW
EXPANSION OF EXISTING
DEVELOPMENTS AND
CULTURAL QUARTER
PUBLIC SPACES
PROVIDING A CATALYST
FOR CHANGE FOR
ABERDEEN AS A WHOLE
QUALITY
CREATING USEABLE
FORMAL AND INFORMAL
PUBLIC SPACES
PROVIDING AN
ALTERNATIVE TO
ABERDEEN’S ALREADY
EXTENSIVE SHOPPING
DISTRICT
BRING FAMILIES BACK INTO THE

CITY CENTRE, PROVIDING
LARGER ACCOMODATION WHILST
GIVING THEM A REASON TO VISIT
KEEP STUDENTS WITHIN

THE TOWN CENTRE, GIVING
THEM A SPACE
COMMUNITY
EXISTING LOCATION PLAN
ROBERT GORDON’S RGU TECHNOLOGY
COLLEGE BUILDING
McROBERT HALL FORMER GRAY’S

SCHOOL OF ART /
RGU ADMIN HQ
ART GALLERY &

WAR MEMORIAL
RGU UNION
ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

EXISTING
Looking West from Quadrangle

EXISTING
Looking East from Quadrangle

EXISTING
ANALYSIS
ART GALLERY IS A
CATALYTIC BUILDING
KEY TO CULTURAL
QUARTER AND GOOD
SCALE & QUALITY

ANALYSIS
McROBERT HALL HAS
A CLASSICAL FACADE
AND ADDRESSES
SQUARE

ANALYSIS
ROBERT GORDON’S
COLLEGE IS OF
HISTORIC INTEREST
AND ACTS AS A FOCAL
POINT

ANALYSIS
RGU TECHNOLOGY
BUILDING ADDRESES
THE SQUARE AND HAS
ROOMS OF ADEQUATE
SIZE OF ADAPTION

ANALYSIS
FORMER GRAY’S
SCHOOL OF ART / RGU
ADMIN HQ BALANCES
EXTERNAL FACADE

ANALYSIS
RGU UNION GOOD
EXAMPLE OF
ADAPTIVE REUSE

ANALYSIS
POOR DESIGN NOT
INKEEPING WITH
QUALITY FACADE

ANALYSIS
ELEVATION TO
BLACKFRIAR’S ST HAS
RECOGNITION OF
CONTEXT

ANALYSIS
SQUARE IS
UNDERUSED, MANY
VISUAL BARRIERS
FROM SCHOOLHILL
AND CURRENTLY
GIVEN OVER TO CAR

ANALYSIS
OFFICES ARE LOW
QUALITY DESIGN AND
NOT CONTEXTUAL

ANALYSIS
SQUARE IS
ROBERT GORDON’S
UNDERUSED, MANY
COLLEGE IS OF
VISUAL BARRIERS
HISTORIC INTEREST
FROM SCHOOLHILL
AND ACTS AS A FOCAL
AND CURRENTLY
POINT
GIVEN OVER TO CAR
ELEVATION TO
BLACKFRIAR’S ST HAS
RGU TECHNOLOGY
RECOGNITION OF
BUILDING ADDRESES
CONTEXT
THE SQUARE AND HAS
ROOMS OF ADEQUATE
SIZE OF ADAPTION
McROBERT HALL HAS

OFFICES ARE LOW
A CLASSICAL FACADE
QUALITY DESIGN AND
AND ADDRESSES
NOT CONTEXTUAL
SQUARE
FORMER GRAY’S
SCHOOL OF ART / RGU
POOR DESIGN NOT ADMIN HQ BALANCES
INKEEPING WITH EXTERNAL FACADE
QUALITY FACADE
ART GALLERY IS A
RGU UNION GOOD
CATALYTIC BUILDING
EXAMPLE OF
KEY TO CULTURAL
ADAPTIVE REUSE
QUARTER AND GOOD
SCALE & QUALITY

ANALYSIS
PRIVATE SPACE
EXISTING BUILDINGS
OF QUALITY
AREAS FOR
DEVELOPMENT
PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS POINTS
FORMAL
PUBLIC ACCESS TO
AREA BUILDINGS
PARKING PROVISION
ELEVATION
ADDRESSING
STREET
VIEWS OVER TO THEATRE,

WOOLMANHILL AND
GARDENS
INFORMAL PUBLIC SPACE
GATEWAY INTO ABERDEEN ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

STRATEGIC
STRATEGIC
STRATEGIC
STRATEGIC
STRATEGIC
STRATEGIC
STRATEGIC
STRATEGIC
STRATEGIC
STRATEGIC
STRATEGIC
OPENING UP THE
NEW SCHOOL
ELEVATION TO THE
EXTENSION TO ALLOW
REAR OF THE
EXPANSION
COLLEGE
REINSTATE A QUALITY
ELEVATION TO
REUSE OF BUILDING
BLACKFRIARS STREET
RETAIL CAFE OR BAR
TO SUPPORT ACTIVITY
WITHIN SQUARE
EXPANSION OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR
GALLERY SPACE
HIGH QUALITY OFFICE
COUNTY MUESEUM
SPACE
CREATING INTEREST
WITHIN THE SQUARE
INTROUCING UNIFIDED
WATER FEATURE AND
MATERIALS TO
SEATING
CREATE
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN BUILDINGS
EXPANSION OF UNION,
KEEP STUDENTS IN
CITY CENTRE
REMOVAL OF VISUAL
BARRIERS

DESIGN CRITERIA AND PROPOSED USAGE
VISTAS
1900
1980
1992
TRIPLE KIRKS
EXISTING
Looking North from Union Bridge
TRIPLE KIRKS
EXISTING
TRIPLE KIRKS
ANALYSIS
VISUAL LINK TO THE
GARDENS
TRIPLE KIRKS
ANALYSIS
SPIRE CAN BE SEEN
ACROSS ABERDEEN
TRIPLE KIRKS
ANALYSIS
WITH WAR MEMORIAL
IT ACTS AS A
GATEWAY TO THE
CENTRAL
COMMERCIAL
DISTRICT
TRIPLE KIRKS
ANALYSIS
EXISTING BUILDING IS
OF HIGH
ARCHITECTURAL
QUALITY
TRIPLE KIRKS
ANALYSIS
SITS AT THE TOP OF A
VALLEY AND GETS
LOTS OF SUN DURING
THE DAY
TRIPLE KIRKS
ANALYSIS
STEEP SLOPE DOWN
TO DENBURN ROAD
TRIPLE KIRKS
ANALYSIS
TRIED AND TESTED
MANY ATTEMPTS
HAVE BEEN MADE TO
DEVELOP THE SITE
BEFORE
TRIPLE KIRKS
ANALYSIS
TRIED AND TESTED
WITH WAR MEMORIAL
MANY ATTEMPTS
IT ACTS AS A
HAVE BEEN MADE TO
GATEWAY TO THE
DEVELOP THE SITE
CENTRAL
BEFORE
COMMERCIAL
DISTRICT
STEEP SLOPE DOWN

TO DENBURN ROAD
EXISTING BUILDING IS
OF HIGH
ARCHITECTURAL
QUALITY
SPIRE CAN BE SEEN SITS AT THE TOP OF A

ACROSS ABERDEEN VALLEY AND GETS
LOTS OF SUN DURING
THE DAY
VISUAL LINK TO THE

GARDENS
TRIPLE KIRKS
ANALYSIS
INFORMAL PUBLIC SPACE
GATEWAY TO
CITY CENTRE
EXISTING BUILDINGS
OF QUALITY
ICONIC CULTURAL AREAS FOR

BUILDINGS DEVELOPMENT
PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS POINTS
VIEWS OVER THE RECOGNITION OF

GARDENS, UNION BELMONT STREET
LINKAGE TO THE
TERRACE AND UNION FACADE
GARDENS
STREET
TRIPLE KIRKS
STRATEGIC
TRIPLE KIRKS
STRATEGIC
TRIPLE KIRKS
STRATEGIC
TRIPLE KIRKS
STRATEGIC
TRIPLE KIRKS
STRATEGIC
TRIPLE KIRKS
STRATEGIC
TRIPLE KIRKS
STRATEGIC
TRIPLE KIRKS
STRATEGIC
TRIPLE KIRKS
STRATEGIC
COMPLETING THE
GATEWAY TO CCD
LIKE EXISTING
BUILDING ALLOW FOR
ADAPTION
RESPECTFUL USE OF
THE EXISTING
BUILDING
REMEMBERING THE
INPORTANCE OF THE
ICONIC BUILDING BELMONT STREET
CONTRIBUTING THE FACADE
NEW MODERN
IDENTITY OF
ABERDEEN
MODERN ART
GALLERY
COMPLMENTING
EXISTING GALLERY
HEART OF CULTURAL
QUARTER
ADDRESSING THE
VIEWS TO THE
GARDEN
TRIPLE KIRKS
TRIPLE KIRKS
1950
BRIDGES
1880
UNION TERRACE GARDENS

EXISTING
1950
BRIDGES
1880

EXISTING
Looking North from Union Bridge

EXISTING
ANALYSIS
SUCESSFUL AREAS
SERVE THEIR
PURPOSE WELL

ANALYSIS
VIEWS AVAILABLE OF
THE STRONG SKYLINE

ANALYSIS
RAILWAY AND ROAD
HAVE POTENTIAL TO
BRING PEOPLE INTO
THE GARDENS

ANALYSIS
VAULTS AND BRIDGES
PROVIDE CLUES AS TO
HOW ABERDEEN WAS
BUILT UP

ANALYSIS
POOR CONNECTION
TO UNION STREET

ANALYSIS
TREES ARE
OVERGROWN AND
BLOCK SUNSHINE

ANALYSIS
NORTH-EAST FACING
SLOPE GETS LITTLE
DIRECT SUNLIGHT

ANALYSIS
ACCESS FROM UNDER
THE BRIDGE IS LITTLE
KNOWN

ANALYSIS
ACCESS FROM UNDER
THE BRIDGE IS LITTLE
KNOWN
SUCESSFUL AREAS
SERVE THEIR
PURPOSE WELL
VIEWS AVAILABLE OF
THE STRONG SKYLINE
NORTH-EAST FACING
SLOPE GETS LITTLE
DIRECT SUNLIGHT
TREES ARE
OVERGROWN AND
BLOCK SUNSHINE RAILWAY AND ROAD
HAVE POTENTIAL TO
BRING PEOPLE INTO
THE GARDENS
POOR CONNECTION
TO UNION STREET VAULTS AND BRIDGES
PROVIDE CLUES AS TO
HOW ABERDEEN WAS
BUILT UP

ANALYSIS
DEVELOPMENT OF
VAULTS
EXTENSION OF THE
GARDENS
EXISTING BUILDINGS
OF QUALITY
ACCESS FROM TRANSPORT HUB

DENBURN
WOOLMANHILL
PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS POINTS
GREATER VISUAL
LINKS
EXTENSION OF THE
GARDENS
AREA FOR POTENTIAL

DEVELOPMENT
OPEN PUBLIC SPACE
POTENTIAL LINKS
UNDER THE ROAD
THROUGH VAULTS
ACCESS FROM
UNION STREET

ANALYSIS
UNION TERRACE GARDEN
PULL GARDENS
THROUGH
ROSEMOUNT VIADUCT
LOCAL COMMUTOR
AND TOURIST RAIL
LINK
BRING VISITORS INTO LOOK AT GARDENS AS

THE GARDEN A WHOLE TO
CONSIDER THE
REMOVAL OF TREES
TO OPEN UP VISUAL
LINKS
WELL CONSIDERED
AND RESPECTFUL OF
THE GARDENS
LINK TO NEW
DEVELOPMENT AT
TRIPLE KIRKS
PEACOCKS VISUAL
ARTS WILL GIVE THE
GARDENS A PURPOSE ALLOW EMERGING
AND PULL PEOPLE DESIGNERS TO
INTO THEM COMPETE
INTRODUCTION OF
BRIDGES TO
INCREASE
IMPROVE ACCESS
PERMIABILITY
FROM UNION STREET
WIDER STEPS AND
RAMP

1773 1910
1928 1910
DENBURN & WOOLMANHILL

EXISTING
Looking North from Skene Street

EXISTING
Looking West from Spa Street

EXISTING
ANALYSIS
CLOSE TO CITY
CENTRE, NEIGHBOURS
CULTURAL QUARTER

ANALYSIS
STRONG STREET
ELEVATION ON
ROSEMOUNT VIADUCT

ANALYSIS
DENBURN COURT
RESIDENTS ENJOY
LIVING THERE BUT
LACKS PROPER
URBAN SPACE

ANALYSIS
SURROUNDING
STREET PATTERNS
WORK WELL

ANALYSIS
EXISITNG PLAN LENDS
ITSELF TO
CONVERSION

ANALYSIS
SURROUNDED BY
GREEN SPACE

ANALYSIS
HIGH QUALITY
EXISTING BUILDINGS

ANALYSIS
GREEN SPACE NOT
USED

ANALYSIS
LOW DENSITY
ONE STOREY

ANALYSIS
ONE OF THE MOST
UNDESIRABLE PLACES
IN THE CITY

ANALYSIS
AWKWARD SPACES
AND UNSAFE AREAS

ANALYSIS
COURTYARD GIVEN
OVER CAR PARKING

ANALYSIS
LATER ADDITIONS
DETRIMENTAL TO
EXISTING

ANALYSIS
POOR PEDESTRIAN
LINKS

ANALYSIS
COURTYARD GIVEN
OVER CAR PARKING
SURROUNDING
STREET PATTERNS
WORK WELL
AWKWARD SPACES LATER ADDITIONS

AND UNSAFE AREAS DETRIMENTAL TO
EXISTING
DENBURN COURT
RESIDENTS ENJOY
LIVING THERE BUT EXISITNG PLAN LENDS
LACKS PROPER ITSELF TO
URBAN SPACE CONVERSION
ONE OF THE MOST

UNDESIRABLE PLACES SURROUNDED BY
IN THE CITY GREEN SPACE
LOW DENSITY
ONE STOREY
HIGH QUALITY
STRONG STREET EXISTING BUILDINGS
ELEVATION ON
ROSEMOUNT VIADUCT
POOR PEDESTRIAN
GREEN SPACE NOT LINKS
USED
CLOSE TO CITY
CENTRE, NEIGHBOURS
CULTURAL QUARTER

ANALYSIS
EXISTING BUILDINGS
OF QUALITY
PARKING PROVISION
PEDESTRIAN RECOGNITION
ACCESS POINTS OF QUALITY
BUILDINGS
GREATER VISUAL
LINKS
FORMAL
PERIMETER PUBLIC
DEVELOPMENT SPACE
E
V AT INFORMAL
I E
PR AC PUBLIC
S P
SPACE
OPEN SPACE FOR

E
DENBURN COURT
PAC EMPHASISE
S CORNERS
IC
UBL
P LINK DOWN TO
CE GARDENS AND CITY
E SPA CENTRE
VAT
PRI
CONTINUATION OF
ROSEMOUNT VIADUCT
ELEVATION DOWN EMPHASISE
SKENE STREET CORNERS

ANALYSIS
Looking North from Skene Street

ANALYSIS
Looking West from Spa Street

ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
TURN THE
DRAWING FROM
COURTYARD BACK
FORMS OF
INTO A PUBLIC SPACE,
SURROUNDING
MOVE PARKING
BLOCKS
ELSEWHERE
CELEBRATE VISTAS
CONVERT EXISTING TO
5-STAR HOTEL OR
GIVE DENBURN COURT HIGH QUALITY FLATS
ITS OWN URBAN
SPACE
SPLIT DEEP SITE IN

TWO, WITH
RETAIN IMPORTANT
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
HIGH QUALITY
THROUGH THE MIDDLE
BUILDINGS
3-4 BEDROOM FLAT TO REOPEN FRONT

BRING FAMILIES BACK FACADE TO CREATE
INTO CITY AND GRAND ENTRANCE
CREATE COMMUNITY
RELANDSCAPE THE
RESTABLISH RETAIL GROUNDS
ON ROSEMOUNT
VIADUCT AND SKENE
STREET
CREATE LINKS TO
UNION TERRACE
GARDENS
PUBLIC / PRIVATE
SPACES
EMPHASISING
CORNERS
DENBURN CAR PARK & WOOLMANHILL

DENBURN CAR PARK & WOOLMANHILL
MASTERPLAN
MASTERPLAN
LINKS AND NEW ROUTES
FINAL MASTERPLAN
WALKTHROUGH
STAGE 1 – ROSEMOUNT VIADUCT LOOKING DOWN SKENE STREET
WALKTHROUGH
STAGE 2 – SKENE STREET LOOKING TOWARDS WOOLMANHILL
WALKTHROUGH
STAGE 3 – LOOKING TOWARDS ROSEMOUNT VIADUCT
WALKTHROUGH
STAGE 4 – VIEW FROM EXIT OF PROPOSED TRAIN PLATFROM ON ROSEMOUNT VIADUCT
WALKTHROUGH
STAGE 5 – LOOKING OUT TO TRIPLE KIRKS FROM THE WAR MEMORIAL
WALKTHROUGH
STAGE 6 – LOOKING INTO THE PUBLIC SQUARE FROM ROBERT GORDON COLLEGE
THERE IS A CLEAR CULTURAL QUARTER IN ABERDEEN
FOR A CITY OF ITS SCALE AND REGIONAL IMPORTANCE, ABERDEEN’S CULTURAL

AMENITIES ARE GENERALLY DISAPPOINTING, SEEMING TO REFLECT PROVINCIAL
ATTITUDES AND LOW EXPECTATIONS
DEVELOPMENT OF KEY SITES WILL HELP EXPAND THIS CULTURAL QUARTER
CONSIDERED ANALYSIS OF THE SITE’S HISTORY, EXISTING STATE AND LOCATION

WITHIN THE CITY WILL LEAD TO THE CORRECT PROPOSAL
EACH SITE MUST HAVE GOOD LINKAGES AND WORK IN HARMONY WITH THE
SURROUNDING CITY
PRESENTATION SUMMARY
MASTERPLAN

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SITE ANALYSIS | ABERDEEN MASTERPLAN

WE WILL DO THIS BY:

> RECAPING OVERALL AREA ANALYSIS

> SPECIFIC SITE ANALYSIS

> ADVISING CRITERIA FOR NEW

> PROPOSING A NEW MASTERPLAN

> SHOWING HOW THE SITES ARE LINKED

> A WALKTHROUGH OF THE NEW PROPOSAL

GIVE THE PEDESTRIAN

BRING FAMILIES BACK INTO THE

KEEP STUDENTS WITHIN

McROBERT HALL FORMER GRAY’S

ART GALLERY &

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

McROBERT HALL HAS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

VIEWS OVER TO THEATRE,

INFORMAL PUBLIC SPACE

GATEWAY INTO ABERDEEN ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

ROBERT GORDON BUILDINGS

STEEP SLOPE DOWN

SPIRE CAN BE SEEN SITS AT THE TOP OF A

VISUAL LINK TO THE

ICONIC CULTURAL AREAS FOR

VIEWS OVER THE RECOGNITION OF

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

ACCESS FROM TRANSPORT HUB

AREA FOR POTENTIAL

OPEN PUBLIC SPACE

UNION TERRACE GARDENS

BRING VISITORS INTO LOOK AT GARDENS AS

UNION TERRACE GARDEN

DENBURN & WOOLMANHILL

DENBURN & WOOLMANHILL

DENBURN & WOOLMANHILL

DENBURN & WOOLMANHILL

DENBURN & WOOLMANHILL

DENBURN & WOOLMANHILL

DENBURN & WOOLMANHILL

DENBURN & WOOLMANHILL

DENBURN & WOOLMANHILL