Presentation by Robert Mantho on The Urban Section

Robert is the Stage 5 leader in the Mackintosh School of Architecture and was invited
to come office to chat to us about his most recent publication, The Urban
Section, which investigates street profiles and city sections from around the
world in an attempt to identify best practice for street and city design. His presentation used examples from the book and led to an office wide
discussion covering a wide range of topics from the challenges and
methodologies for designing urban streetscapes to individual’s personal
favourite streets.
For
those interested in the book it can be purchased here
on the RIBA bookshop website
Lunchtime Design: Hermitage Park Pavilion Ideas

After winning the bid to redevelop Helensburgh’s historic Hermitage Park for
Argyle & Bute Council along with landscape architects, Gillespies, we held
another of our regular office-wide design charrettes. Once again a there was a wide
range of ideas put forward, from an imposing brick arched structure in
the middle of the Park, an extended wall linking the pavilion to the Park
entrance, to a timber clad glass box with an intimate walled garden around one
of the burns which run through the Park. The client was delighted with
the range and quality of ideas that came forward in the charette and the
resultant discussion has led to a reconsideration of the brief and the
building’s location.