Location
Clydebank, Hospital Gate
Address
Agamemnon Street, Dalmuir, Clydebank, G81
Description
The Dalmuir Plots on Agamemnon Street have existed on the current site since 1916. The Plots Association embarked on an intensive programme of fund raising when they became aware of the extent of regeneration that was going to take place on the Clydebank waterfront.
Agamemnon Street will form an important route into the town's newly developed waterfront and the allotments are now undergoing a complete regeneration by Mike Hyatt Landscape Architects. This will create new plots with purpose-made huts and greenhouses, community demonstration plots and composting areas, and sensory and wild life gardens.
The Dalmuir Plots Association approached Chris Stewart Architects in October 2005 with a view to also constructing a new facility for use by allotment gardeners and the public at large. A new public building addressing Agamemnon Street will act as an introduction to the allotments, and provide space for group visits, exhibitions and small cookery demonstrations.
The elevation of the building addressing Agamemnon Street will be built from a randomly selected palette of four red ‘off shade’ bricks – bricks which are usually discarded as a result of being slightly the wrong colour, whilst the elevation facing onto the allotments will be largely finished with green oak cladding.
The allotment building has a gross internal area of 100m² and comprises a large meeting hall, an open plan small office, and a service wall incorporating a kitchen, WCs, entrance vestibule, a small library and storage spaces.
Cost
The anticipated construction cost for the building only is £150,000 (excluding fees and VAT).
Current status
The building work is at tender stage.
Timescale
to be advised
Lead partner
Chris Stewart Architects - building. Mike Hyatt Landscape Architects - allotment gardens.
Project team
Structural Engineers – Clyde Design partnership; Quantity Surveyors – Armour Construction Consultants
Contact details
Nick Walker, project architect, Chris Stewart Architects, 0141 552 3001, nick@chrisstewartarchitects.co.uk