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Speirs Locks Studios, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

Malcolm Fraser Architects, Glasgow, 2010

 

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The Garscube Road elevation has been painted and overclad 

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  • The Garscube Road elevation has been painted and overclad    
  • View looking down Garscube Road    
  • The horizontal emphasis of the facade has been retained    
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  • Studios have daylight oand natural ventilation    
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  • Site plan    
  • Ground and first floor plans    
  • Roof plan    
  • Section through dance studio     
  • Section through dance reception & social space     
  • Section through technical social space & design studios    
  • Corn Street elevation    
  • Garscube Road elevation    

Conversion of four steel portal frame storage sheds into a new teaching facility for the RSAMD

The building is internally divided in two. At the north end of the site, and accessed through the Garscube Road entrance, are four toplit dance rehearsal studios focused around a timber clad internal court, with health and fitness facilities and teaching rooms.

The southern part of the building, entered from Corn Street, is occupied with a new technical teaching facility including scenery, timber, paint and wardrobe workshops as well as student teaching rooms. Large storage rooms free up space at RSAMD's Renfrew Street facility.

Externally a new aluminium seam roof incorporates large areas of rooflights to provide natural light and provide fresh air intake and exhaust. The Garscube Road elevation has been overclad with a half round steel, combined with large areas of painted brick and signage.

Data

  • Begun: Jan 2010
  • Completed: Sep 2010
  • Floor area: 3,480m2
  • Sector: Education
  • Total cost: £3.1M
  • Procurement: Traditional - SBBC 2005 with Quantities
  • Address: Speirs Locks Studios Campus, 210 Garscube Road, Glasgow, G4 9RR, United Kingdom

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