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TARBOLTON COMMUNITY CAMPUS, SOUTH AYRSHIRE South Ayrshire Council is planning to build a new community campus in Tarbolton which will include primary and nursery provision. Working in partnership with the Scottish Futures Trust discussions are also underway regarding the potential inclusion of Library, Community, Sports and Health facilities within the new campus. A number of place making workshops have already been held with service providers to scope the potential for service integration into one site. A similar workshop was also held with community and parent representatives before two further wider community workshops. These wider community workshops were facilitated by Pidgin Perfect towards the end of June 2013 to provide the local community with an opportunity to participate in the process and to ensure that the strategic briefs for the proposed new facilities are relevant to the needs and aspirations of the local community of Tarbolton. Over the next year the designs for the campus project will be developed and it is anticipated that construction work will begin in the Autumn of 2014 with completion in early 2016.
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The community campus will provide education opportunities for all Creating connections to the ‘Ayrshire Alps’, outdoor activities and active tourism.
The new campus should provide opportunities for outdoor activities: gardening, socialising Community and School: and physical activity External Space
New Civic Spaces, internal and external to connect community functions and school
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Connections between the village, new school and community services across Main Street
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The new school will create connections between the indoor teaching and outdoor play
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JOHN GALT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IRVINE “The overarching vision for this North Ayrshire Council 80 unit, new supply of affordable housing development is to create: A finished development at this site that is both familiar and distinctive. The architecture will draw upon the finest precedents of urban design from North Ayrshire and the West of Scotland. Project distinction will arise from the level of care and attention taken in the design of buildings and public spaces. The project will be exemplary in terms of design quality and sustainable development at both a local and national level, as well as in terms of urban extensions and new neighbourhoods.� Trudi Fitzsimmons Principal Officer, Strategy | Housing Services, North Ayrshire Council Pidgin Perfect and A+DS led a multidisciplinary planning workshop, involving key stakeholders to re-think the approach to developing the John Galt site. Using this information Pidgin Perfect created a visual brief which formed the criteria of a design competition won by Austin-Smith: Lord Architects.
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BRECHIN COMMUNITY CAMPUS, ANGUS “Angus Council is progressing a project to replace the existing Brechin High School. The Council’s vision is for a community campus which signals the high value placed on learning and community life; which provides opportunities for people of all ages to enjoy facilities they enjoy and feel proud to be associated; which is well designed and includes a range of inspiring and exciting spaces optimising multi-functional use” Gordon Cargil Project Manager | Angus Council The Visual Brief for the new Brechin Community Campus, which will replace the existing Brechin High School, has been developed by Pidgin Perfect, in conjunction with Angus Council and Gingko Projects. The Visual Brief brings together the aspirations and values important to both the school and community users of the new Brechin Community Campus to create a wide reaching brief for the building that is emotive as well as quickly and easily understood.
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