Mackintosh School of Architecture

Stage 4 and 5

Stage 4 Living in Agreement Test explainer Stage 5 City Studio What does ethics mean for Glasgow? This is the question the students of Stage 5 have posed, conducting urban investigations throughout Glasgow at scales from the everyday through to the international, uncovering and articulating the structure of the city and its communities. Together we have read, observed, measured, drawn, photographed & filmed the rich and stimulating metropolitan relationships which shape the character of life in our complex diverse city.
  • Cultural
  • Stage 4 | Living in Agreement
    • Community
    • Culture
    • Food
    • Health & Wellbeing
    • Makers
    • Political
  • Stage 4 | Neighbourhood Research
    • Dennistoun
    • Pollokshields
    • Thornwood
  • Stage 5 | City Explorations
    • Cultural
    • Economic
    • Environmental
    • Geographical
    • Movement
    • Political
  • Stage 5 | Ethical Interventions
  • Stage 5 | Re-Imagine Glasgow
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The urban building project is situated on the Northwestern side of Dennistoun, with direct access… View Article
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The urban housing’ site is located on the southeastern side of the neighbourhood, directly adjacent… View Article
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HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THE COST OF HOUSING WITHOUT MOVING TO THE PERIPHERIES? HOW CAN… View Article
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By research, 14 per cent of people in the Pollokshied community are above 65 years… View Article
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Creating A Circular Community Creating A Circular Community
This urban building project is based in Thornwood, a neighbourhood in the west of Glasgow…. View Article
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Interconnected Identity Interconnected Identity
“There are two ways to shun alien others: flee them or isolate them. Each way… View Article
The Agora of Glasgow The Agora of Glasgow
“At the end of the day, the protests change the narration of the city,” –… View Article
Health, Ecology and Civic Life in Rainforest City Health, Ecology and Civic Life in Rainforest City
The space of the city can be said to be defined by our relationship to… View Article
The Acropolis of New Industrial Education The Acropolis of New Industrial Education
This thesis aims to respond to two juxtaposing ideas and interests that are present within… View Article
A Dear Green Place A Dear Green Place
This thesis argues that while society influences architecture, architecture in turn conditions us through the… View Article
Past Forward Past Forward
Derelict land and loss of identity are the common sore points for post-industrial cities. The… View Article
Bridgegate Market Meets the Union Highline Bridgegate Market Meets the Union Highline
Glasgow’s history is shown through what’s left behind: the cranes that still sit along Clyde… View Article
A Material Algorithm: The Library as Word and World A Material Algorithm: The Library as Word and World
The thesis takes basis in Jorge Luis Borges story ‘The Library of Babel’ where the… View Article
Govan Green Hub Govan Green Hub
Rapid urbanisation breaks the balance between nature and the city. It leads to the occupation… View Article
De-Scaling the City De-Scaling the City
We all occupy the places of people who have gone before us; those never known,… View Article
The Forgotten: Loss and Memory during the Pandemic The Forgotten: Loss and Memory during the Pandemic
Many people have suffered different kinds of losses during the pandemic, some have lost family,… View Article
The Atlas of the North The Atlas of the North
To preserve fragments of a disappearing Glasgow through a Monument to immortalise the lost and… View Article
Manifesto for Scarcity and Abundance Manifesto for Scarcity and Abundance
This thesis seeks to propose a controversial economy that profits from climate change to the… View Article
Autonomy through Modular Design, Supported by Industry and the Arts Autonomy through Modular Design, Supported by Industry and the Arts
The relationship between Living and Working in the city is in constant flux. As society… View Article
Mersus Memoria: Storytelling Underground Mersus Memoria: Storytelling Underground
Once upon a time, Mersus Memoria began its life as two thesis ideas responding to… View Article
A Timber Academy for the Emerging Knowledge City A Timber Academy for the Emerging Knowledge City
In a post-pandemic world, the city centre of Glasgow is at risk of becoming a… View Article
In Place but out of Time In Place but out of Time
It has been proposed that Glasgow is a proto-knowledge city, reliant on its emergent knowledge… View Article
The Ecozoic: Herbarium of Reconnections The Ecozoic: Herbarium of Reconnections
We are in the Anthropocene Era: a human-revolving society of mass consumption and lack of… View Article
Re-Made Nature Re-Made Nature
Natural resources are drawn from environments aggressively and with disregard toward the damage inflicted on… View Article
How can Successful River Edge Management Re-Activate the River Banks, Foster Future Developments and Reconnect the City? How can Successful River Edge Management Re-Activate the River Banks, Foster Future Developments and Reconnect the City?
The history of Glasgow and the Clyde are closely entwined, one wouldn’t truly exist without… View Article
The Urban Mantelpiece The Urban Mantelpiece
 The Urban Mantelpiece is a speculative response to the the consequential effected of population displacement… View Article
Post-Industrial Re-Mediation of Scotland’s Coastal Condition Post-Industrial Re-Mediation of Scotland’s Coastal Condition
The Final Design Thesis considers the architectural relationship between the built and natural environment, and… View Article
The Child in the City The Child in the City
In modern society the design of spaces for play remains lost within a realm of… View Article
Beyond Barlinnie Beyond Barlinnie
“Every building creates associations in the mind of the beholder” (Nikolaus Pevsner) There are few… View Article
Opening the Edge Opening the Edge
We are facing a climate crisis that requires us to rethink about how we live… View Article
Creating Environments for People to Live ‘With’ rather than ‘In’ Creating Environments for People to Live ‘With’ rather than ‘In’
Using landscape and context to inform the design process, how can we create a harmonious… View Article
(Un)natural Urban Seed (Un)natural Urban Seed
This thesis speculates on the future of the urban city. By 2050 it is estimated… View Article
Return to Earth Return to Earth
The year 2020 has left us facing a world we don’t recognise, we have been… View Article
Glasgow Mega City Glasgow Mega City
Glasgow is a city of relatively low lying and small scale buildings compared to other… View Article
In the Edge In the Edge
Glasgow is host to a breadth of challenging liminal spaces engendered by extreme physical boundaries… View Article
Remembering the Dark Past Remembering the Dark Past
Glasgow has a dark past associated with the transatlantic slave trade. Amid the rise of… View Article
A New Kinetic Architectural Approach for the Provision of Amenities in Glasgow A New Kinetic Architectural Approach for the Provision of Amenities in Glasgow
Covid-19 has exposed and exacerbated great inequalities across the UK: the more deprived the area,… View Article
The Living Artefact: A Space for Connection through Storytelling The Living Artefact: A Space for Connection through Storytelling
This thesis investigates how reconfiguring a structure of historical significance can create a node of… View Article
Food for the Open City Food for the Open City
Continuing on the themes of Richard Sennett’s Open City, the thesis acknowledges public space, movement… View Article
Situated Approaches to Urban Regeneration Situated Approaches to Urban Regeneration
All across Glasgow’s post-industrial landscape, vital structures of the past are decaying and new ecologies… View Article
Between Form and Life Between Form and Life
The thesis explores the interconnection between patterns of urban form and the creation of livable… View Article
Commonplace: Terra Firma Commonplace: Terra Firma
The language around migration in many western countries have been weaponised with terms such as… View Article
Glasgow’s Show Quarter Glasgow’s Show Quarter
The show people of Scotland have an incredibly rich history and have been providing services… View Article
Urban Hybrid: The Redesign of the Urban Block Urban Hybrid: The Redesign of the Urban Block
As the contemporary city advances to the digital age, it shifts away from the previously… View Article
The Child’s City The Child’s City
The current bubble wrapping of children and increased focus on risk reduction has seen a… View Article
Assembling Communities by Disassembly Assembling Communities by Disassembly
Today’s construction industry mainly functions within the principles of the linear economy. This finite one-way… View Article
Connecting through Fragmented Landscapes Connecting through Fragmented Landscapes
Historically a site of extraction and only recently incorporated into the city, Easterhouse sits on… View Article
Industry, Landscape and the City Industry, Landscape and the City
For as long as cities have existed, they have held a relationship both productive and… View Article
Under the M74: Celebrating Glasgow’s Gaps Under the M74: Celebrating Glasgow’s Gaps
How can building upon existing urban and cultural fabric revitalise local centres and create sense… View Article
Perception of Permanance Perception of Permanance
The vast body of scientific research shows we are causing irreversible damage to our environment,… View Article
A Place for Culinary Exchange A Place for Culinary Exchange
Intervening in the existing built fabric to represent the migrant cultures of Glasgow through a… View Article
A City Defined by Sound A City Defined by Sound
Life is experienced through listening, and place is defined through its specific soundscape. The acoustic… View Article
Reconnecting Food and the City Reconnecting Food and the City
My thesis focuses on the issue of global food security and the rising concern that… View Article
Landscapes of Activism: A Piece of Urban Dialogue Landscapes of Activism: A Piece of Urban Dialogue
There is a natural imbalance developed by the centrality of the Glaswegian institutions, in comparison… View Article
Meeting with Govan Graving Docks Halfway Meeting with Govan Graving Docks Halfway
Our Thesis explores ways in which people can meet with Govan Graving Docks, through direct… View Article
The Ruin and the Garden The Ruin and the Garden
This thesis utilises uses repurposing of existing urban fabric as an ethical approach to architectural… View Article
Healing the Wound Healing the Wound
The influence of modernist town planning in Glasgow and the creation of the M8 motorway… View Article
“IT WISNAE US” : Rewriting Glasgow’s Historical Narrative “IT WISNAE US” : Rewriting Glasgow’s Historical Narrative
Monuments and placenames across Glasgow’s urban fabric give an insight into the cultural hegemony of… View Article
Burn to the Light Burn to the Light
This thesis centres around the idea of rediscovering what is lost.A thriving birthplace of a… View Article
The Weird New Clyde The Weird New Clyde
Many Post-industrial cities have taken it upon themselves to revive their once key industrial rivers…. View Article
Weaving the Context Weaving the Context
The most sustainable building is the one that already exists. However, all buildings are designed… View Article
Islands in the City Islands in the City
Fragmented pockets of vacant land litter the city. These weaken the city structure, creating undesirable… View Article
Nurturing Creativity through the Structuring, Layering and Planning of our Cities Nurturing Creativity through the Structuring, Layering and Planning of our Cities
My thesis investigation looks at how places in our cities can encourage, value and nurture… View Article
Weaving Routes Together to Reconnect Glasgow Weaving Routes Together to Reconnect Glasgow
Glasgow is a city with spatial experiences that are unique. Many of the densely populated… View Article
Theatre Hybrid: Reconnect the Fragmented Theatre Hybrid: Reconnect the Fragmented
Over the years, Glasgow witnesses all kinds of transformation from an industrial centre to culture… View Article
Reverse, Re-Balance, Re-Connect: The Ethical Grid Reverse, Re-Balance, Re-Connect: The Ethical Grid
Thinking about the future of our cities, can we affirm that they are ready for… View Article
A Living Monument: The Re-Use Centre A Living Monument: The Re-Use Centre
Govan was once a neighbourhood formerly at heart of Glasgow’s ship-building industry. However, there is… View Article
MC² – The Maryhill Connection Centre MC² – The Maryhill Connection Centre
In order for Glasgow to create a fairer, low carbon future it needs to invest… View Article
The Tectonic Poetics of Empathy The Tectonic Poetics of Empathy
Today’s current monocultural climate pushed forward by the post-industrialist modernist agenda is actively un-weaving the… View Article
Imagine a City Imagine a City
Public spaces have played a major role in the development of democracy, serving as places… View Article
Regenerating the South-Side of Glasgow Regenerating the South-Side of Glasgow
The context of his thesis is about the idea that the problem of dereliction and… View Article
What about Joy? What about Joy?
How movement and placing people first could save our relationship with our cities? What is… View Article
The Re-Imagine Glasgow City Sketch The Re-Imagine Glasgow City Sketch
The Postgraduate event brief for ‘Re-Imagine Glasgow’ set only one task – “We want to… View Article
Stage 5 The Ethical City Stage 5 The Ethical City
The Ethical City? Glasgow, Gaelic Glaschu, city, west-central Scotland, is situated along both banks of… View Article
Streets of Merchant City Streets of Merchant City
Merchant city is the richest district in Glasgow in terms of history and culture. In… View Article
Cabins on the Clyde Cabins on the Clyde
Group 32 : Maisie Tudge, Matthew Smith, Calum Weir, Magdalena Wloczka, Sin-Ting Wong, Ailish Whooley
Plan Bee Plan Bee
Group 31 : Tamsin Le Roux, William Macdonald, Luiza Queiroz Silva, Imraan J. Smith, Ilia Voulgari and… View Article
Energy Re-Imagined Energy Re-Imagined
Group 30 : Margaux Philips, Lotta Pulkkinen, Callum Smith, Jorge Velasco Velasco, Floris van Manen, Nikitas… View Article
Ecological Evolution Ecological Evolution
Grou 29 :  Sarah Owens, Joe Sampey, Norbu Verhagen, Laura Stevenson, Karolina Pluta 
Clyde Crane Market Clyde Crane Market
Group 28 : Alexander Vile, Xanthe Wilkins, Tarn-Afeni Zaidi, Wai Hei Leung, Alexander Mallalieu, Donald… View Article
Tunnel Vision Tunnel Vision
Group 27 : Kyle Mac Connell, Katy McGregor, Elaine Yu, Serene Nemer, Jessica Xie, Sylvia… View Article
Queen’s Park Queen’s Park
One of Glasgow’s cherished historic green spaces is the South Side’s Queen’s Park. The park… View Article
The Dear Green Place The Dear Green Place
The original name of Glasgow in Gaelic has proven in time to reflect an remarkable… View Article
Reclaimed Water Landscape Reclaimed Water Landscape
Group 20: Edris Goubin L’Azou, Georgios Kazantzis, Gabriele Padriezaite, Perla Llosa Hernandez, Moa Maurex, Emanuela… View Article
Urban Green Path Urban Green Path
Group 19: Axel Borel, Sonia Gerawat, Lea Alquiroz, Helena Wagg, Inness Yeoman
The Community Dome The Community Dome
Group 17: Liam Davies, Ciara Dineen, Jemima Harold-Sodipo, Robert ForsythLeeds, Andrew Harvey, Nikki Khosrowpour
Re-used Partick Re-used Partick
Group 16: Lillianne Rokstad, Benjamin Rowley, Ciara Farmer, Sam Gordons, Stavroula Kalapotharakou
Urban Bothies Urban Bothies
Group 15: Aleksandra Czekaj, Tess Hillan, Natalia Kowalska, Philip Elverson, Tze June Goh, Rhiannon James
Algae Bloom Algae Bloom
Group 14: Emily Cronin, Gabriella Togni, Samuel Us, Biaotong Geng, Karima H Hossny, Matthew King
Wild Streets with a Green History Wild Streets with a Green History
Group 13: Emma Hargreaves, Yichen Li, Lindsay Parkinson, Joseph Elbourn, Sofi Håkansson, Mstislav Kochkin
Glasgow Refill Glasgow Refill
Group 12: Harry Lindsey, Yik Yeong Look, Geraldine Reid, Sophie Emerson, Laura G Scalco, Kim… View Article
Merchant City Reclaimed Merchant City Reclaimed
Group 11: Mate Gehberger, Joanne Hall, Eryn Mcquillian, Daumantas Patamsis, Semirat Saidi, Carl Jonsson
Life of the Streets Life of the Streets
In this short film, I have looked into the life of the streets in the… View Article
The Urban Burn The Urban Burn
Group 09 : Ewan Hepburn, Douglas Baldwin, Kryslynn D’sa, Martin Zizka, Charles Dunn, Marilena Kynigou
Glasgow Green Flume Machine Glasgow Green Flume Machine
Group 10: Samuel Alexander, Alexander Mackay, Divya Shah, Tom Ashurst, Chothia Umar, Dragan Maria
Beaches Make Glasgow Beaches Make Glasgow
Group 08 : Yik Man Chuen, Martha Duncan, Rebecca Hodalova, Gaelen Britton, Emily Dan, Paula Gómez… View Article
Glasgow Canals Glasgow Canals
Group 07 : John Cummins, Timothy Khoo, Pavandip Sian, Youngeun Cho, Huyen Anh Do, Euan… View Article
Inside Weir Pumps: An Interview Inside Weir Pumps: An Interview
Currently named SPX Flow, Weir Pump Factory is situated in Cathcart along the White Cart… View Article
River Living River Living
Group 06 : Chiara Chisai, Fredrik Frendin, Hannah Keane, Sebastian A Jonsson, Erica Brunno, Megan… View Article
Vision of Green Vision of Green
Group 05 : Mutsa Chinembiri, Jonathan Hill, William White-Howe, Elias Wahlstrom, Angeliki Sachiki, Sam Smith
Arterial Blue Arterial Blue
Group 04 : Jordan Barrett, Siyana Borisova, Anjolaoluwa Soji-Oyawoy, Polina Efthymiadou, Robyn Gibson, Ebba Holst
Pods Pods
Group 01 : Alesia Berahavaya, Pui Yee Wang, Lily Sinclair, Kirve Shubham, Alexandros Tzamperi
Glasgow Urban Wetlands Glasgow Urban Wetlands
Group 23: Rebecca Robertson, Nichole-Ann Samson, Ben Scragg, Maria Loizou, Cameron Mcallister, Sissy O’Neill Glasgow… View Article
Glasgow Earthworms Glasgow Earthworms
Group 25: Celine Black, Siripat Rojnirun, Rihards Saknitis, Gracjan Labowicz, Chloe Mackinnon, Lindsey Menzies
Cleaning the Clyde Cleaning the Clyde
Group 22: Ranee Lactao, William Ramsay, Callum Gillespie, Renas Osman, Kacper Ryske, Jay Lee
Glasgow Jungle Glasgow Jungle
Group 3: Midas Betterton, Sophie Curran, Matthew Joyce, Alexandra Baidac, Alyesha Choudhury, Lewis Duncanson
Floating Islands Floating Islands
Group 24: Annie Higham, Kamila Mamatow, Isla Robinson, Jenni Smith, Yuk Ying Tsoi, Emily Webb
The Common Thread The Common Thread
Women made up the majority of the work-force of Glasgow’s prosperous and pioneering textile industry…. View Article
Glasgow Makes Rain Glasgow Makes Rain
Group 26: Chloe Spiess, Craig Stephens, Ingrid Wennemo, Karlis Kukainis, Cheuk Ming Le, Zachary Macpherson… View Article
The Plan of a City The Plan of a City
Castlemilk was envisaged as independent township where people would both live and work, however the… View Article
The Fabric of Glasgow The Fabric of Glasgow
Pattern, fabric, stitch, tie – textiles terminologies have become synonymous with the urban realm. How… View Article
Derelict Lands, Environment and Glasgow effect Derelict Lands, Environment and Glasgow effect
The concept of “Glasgow Effect” refers to the low life expectancy and poor health of… View Article
Glasgow’s Windows Glasgow’s Windows
A collection of sketch axonometric studies of bay and corner windows found in Glasgow. The… View Article
Between Form and Life Between Form and Life
The main consideration relating to the form would be thinking about its permanence in urban… View Article
Derelict lands, Environment and Glasgow effect Derelict lands, Environment and Glasgow effect
The Glasgow effect is a concept that refers to the quality of life of people… View Article
Access to Nature Access to Nature
The COVID-19 pandemic has made many of us realise the importance of outdoors spacesand how… View Article
The Weathering City  The Weathering City 
This study deducted in the area of Charring Cross and Anderson, explores how the various… View Article
Glasgow Aqueducts Glasgow Aqueducts
Glasgow was rapidly growing in the early 19th century due to the industrial revolution. It… View Article
Ethical Choices in the City Ethical Choices in the City
This study focuses on social attitudes towards the sustainability and the impact of the environment… View Article
Scotland’s Most Polluted Street Scotland’s Most Polluted Street
Despite having one of the lowest levels of car ownership in Britain, the Glasgow Urban… View Article
Subway Stalking  Subway Stalking 
What makes a place feel safe, scary, or even threatening? Glasgow’s distinctive passageways: tenement closes,… View Article
Derelict Lands, Environment and Glasgow Effect Derelict Lands, Environment and Glasgow Effect
The term ‘Glasgow Effect’ has been coined in recent years to describe the high levels… View Article
Glasgow In Spectrum Glasgow In Spectrum
Concealed within the barriers of the M8, North Clyde train line, and the Clyde, patterns… View Article
Maryhill Cross/Kelvin Cross Maryhill Cross/Kelvin Cross
In 1790, the Kelvin Aqueduct was built, a 120m long structure stretching across the banks… View Article
Remnants, Community, Place Remnants, Community, Place
Laurieston’s fabric has changed dramatically over the last century. Minutes from the Glasgow’s economic centre… View Article
The Vanishing Industry: An analysis of Port Dundas and its historical economic prevalence and its decline The Vanishing Industry: An analysis of Port Dundas and its historical economic prevalence and its decline
This image conveys the pattern of growth and decline in the industrial economy of Port… View Article
Non-human habitants in Glasgow Non-human habitants in Glasgow
Glasgow is a city for human habitation but also a landscape for non-human species. Due… View Article
Potential of the City Wide Transformation of the Post-industrial Waste-land Sites Potential of the City Wide Transformation of the Post-industrial Waste-land Sites
Vacant & Derelict Land One of the effects of the rapid de-industrialization that Glasgow was… View Article
Bridging The Canals of Glasgow Bridging The Canals of Glasgow
In the area of one of the most historically under-supported areas of Glasgow, there is… View Article
Bridging Gaps Bridging Gaps
As well as providing opportunities, cities do also have a high concentration of unemployment, poverty… View Article
Development by Ward Development by Ward
Tasked to focus on economics within the city of Glasgow I knew from various research… View Article
Industry in the City Industry in the City
For centuries, industry has defined the way that the city relates to its landscape, and… View Article
Profits Before Play Profits Before Play
For a child the playground is part of everyday life. Playing is more than second… View Article
Social Capital & Social Connections Social Capital & Social Connections
“Social capital refers to connections among individuals, social networks and the norms of reciprocity and… View Article
Absolute Centrality Absolute Centrality
In a city of 175 square kilometres and 600 000 inhabitants, the question of economic and… View Article
The Glasgow Style: Design in its DNA – Arts for a Wealthy City The Glasgow Style: Design in its DNA – Arts for a Wealthy City
In the late 1800s, the City of Glasgow was a bustling metropolis thriving on innovation… View Article
Toward a New Future for Glasgow’s Industrial Relics Toward a New Future for Glasgow’s Industrial Relics
“People would rather go hungry than suffer the indignity of going to a food bank”… View Article
Spaces of Migration: An Inventory of Small-Scale Food Establishments 1 Spaces of Migration: An Inventory of Small-Scale Food Establishments 1
For over 200 years, Glasgow has hosted a diverse range of people with different ethnic… View Article
Spaces of Migration: An Inventory of Small-Scale Food Establishments 2 Spaces of Migration: An Inventory of Small-Scale Food Establishments 2
For over 200 years, Glasgow has hosted a diverse range of people with different ethnic… View Article
Living Fossils Living Fossils
Glasgow’s industrial cores remained at the north, east and south extremities, dissipating towards the edges… View Article
What Makes a Building Glaswegian? What Makes a Building Glaswegian?
“Each great civilization arrived at its apogee when subject to geographical and material conditions, its… View Article
The Phases of Glasgow’s Regeneration The Phases of Glasgow’s Regeneration
Glasgow has experienced many changes over it’s recent urban history, some of which have left visual scars… View Article
A City Touched By Rain A City Touched By Rain
The effect rain has on the urban fabric of Glasgow is unmistakable. I decided on… View Article
Food as an Expression of African-Caribbean Cultural Identity in Glasgow Food as an Expression of African-Caribbean Cultural Identity in Glasgow
In investigating ways in which people express their cultural identity, nothing is as undeniable as… View Article
Queer Occupation in Glasgow Queer Occupation in Glasgow
Discrete, Legal, Celebrated This short study looks at the queer history within the city of… View Article
Community No(de) More Community No(de) More
In the 1960s and 70s Glasgow went through a radical transformation through the City Comprehensive… View Article
Fragments of Sacred Space  Fragments of Sacred Space 
Glasgow as a city did not begin to develop until 6th Century with the arrival of St. Mungo who… View Article
Neglected People and Places Neglected People and Places
Is there a correlation between an abundance of man-made edges and an abundance of derelict… View Article
Significant Examples of Civil Unrest in Glasgow’s History Significant Examples of Civil Unrest in Glasgow’s History
First World War has caused housing shortage all over Europe; in February 1915 landlords in… View Article
The Displaced and Deprivation The Displaced and Deprivation
Focusing on integration, the map highlights the areas which are the most deprived 10% in… View Article
Environmental Impact and Action Environmental Impact and Action
Scotland was one of the first countries in the world to acknowledge the global climate… View Article
Future Skyline Future Skyline
By 2050 the population in Glasgow City Centre is expected to double, resulting in a… View Article
The Study of the Relationship Between Motorway and Railway Infrastructure and Deprivation in Glasgow The Study of the Relationship Between Motorway and Railway Infrastructure and Deprivation in Glasgow
In the City Groups project I am studying the relationship between heavy infrastructure and deprivation in Glasgow City… View Article
Historical and Remaining Traces of Gaelic Culture Across Glasgow Historical and Remaining Traces of Gaelic Culture Across Glasgow
This map aims to display the layering of historical routes, remains and current social traces of Gaelic and… View Article
The Riddle of the Clyde The Riddle of the Clyde
The Clyde has always had a key role in shaping Glasgow, as the city’s history can be read through the changes… View Article
Deep Fried Mars Bars Deep Fried Mars Bars
Glasgow has the lowest life expectancy of any area across Scotland, something perhaps more interesting… View Article
Planned Shrinkage and Local Community Planned Shrinkage and Local Community
After the Second World War, Glasgow was experiencing mass overcrowding. From the 1940s, the government… View Article
Rethinking Material Rethinking Material
‘‘Construction Declares a Climate and Biodiversity emergency:  For everyone working in construction and the built… View Article
The Evolution of Urban Greenery The Evolution of Urban Greenery
The distribution of green space within the urban realm has always been interlinked with the… View Article
Past Forward Past Forward
Excess mortality appears in Glasgow, known as the ‘Glasgow effect’, refers to the lowlife expectancy… View Article
Rediscovering the Clyde | How can successful river management foster future developments and reconnect a city? Rediscovering the Clyde | How can successful river management foster future developments and reconnect a city?
Glasgow struggles with a disconnect between the River Clyde and the city.  Even though Glasgow was… View Article
The Landscape and its People The Landscape and its People
Glasgow hosts a variety of different social and economical conditions. Geographical, topographical and climactic conditions… View Article
Spaces of Migration: An Inventory of Small-Scale Food Establishments 3 Spaces of Migration: An Inventory of Small-Scale Food Establishments 3
For over 200 years, Glasgow has hosted a diverse range of people with different ethnic… View Article
Who Needs To Leave the House Anyway? Digitally Exploring Glasgow’s Waterways Who Needs To Leave the House Anyway? Digitally Exploring Glasgow’s Waterways
The investigation digitally explores the landscape surrounding the key watercourses of the Glasgow drainage basin…. View Article
The Deconstruction of Gorbals Cross The Deconstruction of Gorbals Cross
The Gorbals today sit on the south bank of the River Clyde and was originally… View Article
Where Does Glasgow Stop? Where Does Glasgow Stop?
Since the Industrial Revolution, Glasgow’s size has boomed. Until the mid-19th century, the city was… View Article
Missing Glasgow, Missing Buildings Missing Glasgow, Missing Buildings
The investigation is focusing on the small part of the area in Glasgow, which had… View Article
“Not for Free” Islands “Not for Free” Islands
This ‘Emmental map’ of Glasgow shows areas within the city, where people don’t have any… View Article
Movement of Different Species in Glasgow Movement of Different Species in Glasgow
Rewilding has been the hot topic globally. However, rewilding the city could mean the coexistence… View Article
Where Do We Linger? Where Do We Linger?
My investigation aims to look at the movement of people in Glasgow. I have completed… View Article
Parkhead Cross Parkhead Cross
Glasgow is a city that has developed around its crosses, both cartographically and socially. Key… View Article
The Rise of the Car in Glasgow’s Crosses The Rise of the Car in Glasgow’s Crosses
I have investigated the streetscape of Glasgow’s crosses throughout history to analyze the way they… View Article
Inside the Threshold Inside the Threshold
Glasgow is a city divided by boundaries, exemplified by the superposition of the M8 motorway… View Article
Street Faces Street Faces
The series of elevations is a summary analysis of various building typologies observed when walking… View Article
Layers of Humanity Layers of Humanity
The project investigates the different influencing factors to street density, taking study samples from different… View Article
Elements of Social Disruption Elements of Social Disruption
We have explored our theme through investigating three distinct areas within the city. These areas… View Article
Active Communities in Stalled Spaces Active Communities in Stalled Spaces
Choose any district in or around Glasgow and it won’t take you very long to… View Article
A Fence to Gossip Over A Fence to Gossip Over
The few isolated towers left standing are the remnants of Glasgow City Council’s mass housing… View Article
Divergent Cuisines Divergent Cuisines
Govanhill is a neighbourhood in the south of Glasgow which is the most ethnically diverse… View Article