PARKHOUSE REGENERATION
Project Name Park House Location Park Circus Place, Glasgow Type Residential Conversion to form 50 Apartments Value ÂŁ 6.2M
RMJM were commissioned by NOAH City Developments in 2004 to design and deliver high quality residential apartments in the City’s West End. This involved the conversion of an existing Grade ‘B’- listed former church tower and adjoining 1960’s office building, located in Glasgow’s Park area -one of Glasgow’s Outstanding Conservation Areas.
RMJM’s design created 50 new apartments, including 4
The landmark B-Listed tower was once part of JT
The interior design of the apartments including kitchens
Rochead’s Park Church at the corner of Park Circus Place
and bathrooms was developed by RMJM in collaboration
and Lynedoch Place, recognised internationally as part
with NOAH. Layouts and materials were co-ordinated
of the Park Area tower grouping. The main body of the
with floor finishes and external finishes. RMJM’s interior
original church was replaced by a concrete framed and
designers also designed and
clad office building in the late 1960’s (Derek Stephenson &
co-ordinated the fit-out of show flats and the building’s
Partners). By the early 21st century the Park House office
main entrance lobby, including the commissioning of
building was less than half occupied.
bespoke furniture to accommodate resident’s mailboxes.
rooftop penthouses, many with private underground car parking. The building is accessed via a landscaped private courtyard on Park Circus Place. Floorplates and facades were extended and re-modelled in response to the original buildings form, the surrounding Victorian architecture and its new residential use. This allowed the creation of external terraces and balcony’s associated with the living spaces. The building envelope was completely reconstructed and clad with honed Jura limestone and zinc cladding. The upper storeys and penthouses at the new sixth floor level were designed to take advantage of panoramic views across Glasgow.
Artist Nathalie de Brie was also commissioned to create RMJM’s brief was to provide high quality private
a series of bespoke artworks based on religious artefacts
apartments and penthouses, creating a new identity for the
which were rescued from Park Church. These will be on
office building, and to refurbish and re-activate the church
permanent display in the entrance lobby.
tower - previously used for storage. The building’s pre-cast structural columns and cladding panels had been compromised by the effects of calcium chloride mix additives, and were therefore removed and replaced. Although a complex operation, this created the potential for the buildings plan form and elevations to be significantly re-designed and re-modelled to suit their new use.
Opposite: View from Park Circus Place Above: East Elevation
Living Space - Penthouse 2
Above: Duplex Penthouse - Bedroom Terrace looking onto Trinity Tower. Opposite: East Elevation
East Elevation - Former Church Entrance Retained
Above: Location Plan and Typical floor Plan Opposite: Section Through Courtyard
North Elevation
East Elevation
Park Church
Park Conservation Area
Above: Massing Studies 2004 Below: Alternative Scheme Design 2004
Scheme Design As constructed Design sketch 2004 Opposite: Roof and skyline Study (2005)
Courtyard landscape study (2006) Opposite Courtyard wall study