This project based in the area around the four flat blocks on St Andrews Cresent in Pollokshields seeks to explore the creation of spaces to gather. This is done by introducing two mixed use buildings and landscaping the areas between buildings to create courtyard type spaces. Within the new residential buildings, the closes have larger landings than what you might expect in the vernacular tenement. These allow for people to gather and to rest.

The primary idea explored in this project is the framework for community resilience. It has been proven that stronger communities survive better in times of crisis as people have formed varying degrees of personal connection throughout the community. The framework for these connections is expressed in the habitable landings within the residential closes and the external spaces that the introduction of new buildings allows.

Another key component for community building is creating safe spaces, research suggests that green spaces have an impact on reading an environment as safe. This is why the various spaces created on the site include greenery. Trees and bushes make people feel safe as well as giving home to all important wildlife that can keep our planet healthy.

These ideas of building resilient communities to help us survive through future troubles are a component I feel most important to explore through architecture.