New Staff Member joins the Practice 15/1/2024Douglas BodellWe are delighted to welcome Bota Issatayeva to our team who joins our Ayr office.
We are delighted to welcome Bota Issatayeva to our team who joins our Ayr office as a Part 1 Architectural Graduate from the University of Dundee.
Bota has already been involved in a wide variety of projects and is making a great contribution as she continues to grow and learn about the Architectural profession.
Welcome to the team Bota!
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Modular Affordable Housing Development Completed 12/1/2024Douglas BodellConnect Modular and North Ayrshire Council’s newest housing development in Stevenson was officially opened.
Connect Modular and North Ayrshire Council’s newest housing development in Stevenson was officially opened by North Ayrshire Provost Anthea Dickson.
This £1.34 million development has seen the creation of six new amenity bungalows which were built using cutting-edge and environmentally friendly techniques.
The volumetric-modular construction process provides significant improvements in waste reduction, environmental outcomes, and programme certainty.
Robert Potter and Partners were responsible for successfully obtaining the Statutory Consents for this innovative affordable housing development.
Uncategorized Comments Off on Modular Affordable Housing Development CompletedThe bungalows were built in a controlled factory environment using sustainable practices, helping to reduce waste and energy required. The modern, energy-efficient homes have enhanced building insulation, air-source heat pumps and solar photovoltaic panels. We’re extremely proud of this development and are delighted with the feedback we’ve received so far from tenants.
SURF Award for Goathill 14/12/2023Robert Potter and PartnersGoathill Housing and Care Home Project in Stornoway won the 2023 SURF Award for Housing and Regeneration.
The Goathill project has won the SURF Award 2023 for Housing and Regeneration. The development was an ambitious initiative by Hebridean Housing Partnership and Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar to meet the varying needs of the Western Isles population, with particular emphasis on the elderly.
The development delivered a 52-bed residential care home, 50 housing with extra care flats, 58 homes for social rent, and 16 Homes for sale through the shared equity scheme.
SURF is Scotland’s Regeneration Forum, promoting best practice in community regeneration. This was the 25th Anniversary of the SURF Awards and the judges’ citation said:
Uncategorized Comments Off on SURF Award for GoathillThe judges were impressed by the ambition of the project, and the overall enthusiasm, collaboration and partnership approach to delivery shone through at every level. The project successfully incorporates a range of tenures, including affordable housing and provision for people with additional care needs, to create a whole new neighbourhood.
The judges reflected that the development felt settled and complete, incorporating design features which complemented the existing environment and island style. The wider community benefits achieved through procurement were also evident including shared apprenticeship schemes, improved road infrastructure and additional space for play.
The accommodation for care had been designed based on a firm foundation of research and frontline engagement. The result includes personalised spaces for the delighted residents and much improved working environments for staff, leading to healthier and happier lives and a real positive addition for the wider islands provision.
New Certified Passive House Designer 4/12/2023Robert Potter and PartnersAndrew Northway, based in our Glasgow Office, has qualified as a Certified European Passive House Designer.
We are pleased to announce that Andrew Northway has qualified as a Certified European Passive House Designer. Congratulations on passing this challenging exam! We now have 4 in house Certified European Passive House Designers / Consultants, all certified by the Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt.
Andrew was involved in the recently completed Certified Passive Houses for West of Scotland Housing Association in Dalmarnock, which can be seen on the International Passivhaus Database and provided 36 homes to complete the Commonwealth Games Athletes Village masterplan.
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Building Better Healthcare Award for Goathill 1/11/2023Robert Potter and PartnersThe Goathill care development has received a BBH Award for “biggest impact on patient experience and outcomes”.
We were delighted to attend the Building Better Healthcare Awards 2023 on behalf of our client Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council), where the Goathill development won the Clinician’s Choice Special Award for the recently completed Goathill development.
This special award is presented to the entry across all categories that the judging panel’s clinical representative deems has had the biggest impact on the patient experience and outcomes. The judges had the mammoth task of sifting through all entries across all categories to pick those they believe have had the biggest positive impact on patients and healthcare workers.
From major hospital developments and interior design projects, to innovative software solutions and individual pieces of furniture, the judges reward the entries which best support the delivery of high-quality, modern medical services.
In this year’s judging, they described the winning entries as imaginative, inclusive, sympathetic, practical and engaging.
This Award is a great accolade for Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar and their vision of providing exemplar dementia care and extra care for the Western Isles community.
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Springfield Cross Certified Passivhaus Plaque Unveiled 31/10/2023Robert Potter and PartnersThe project team unveiled the official Passivhaus plaque today for the 36 flats at Springfield Cross.
The Springfield Cross flats in Dalmarnock form one large Passivhaus, containing 36 flats. The Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt provide an official plaque for Certified Passive Houses, and this was unveiled by the Chief Executive of West of Scotland Housing Association today.
The building provides a variety of flats including 2 and 3 bedroom dwellings, and wheelchair-friendly homes with direct garden access, and the urban garden was looking good in its autumnal colours.
The detailed Passivhaus information for Springfield Cross can be seen on the International Passivhaus Database.
The Passivhaus standard ensures high quality of construction and energy performance, benefitting residents and working towards the City of Glasgow’s aspiration to be Net Zero.
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Parliamentary Motion recognises Goathill Housing and Care Home Project 5/10/2023Robert Potter and PartnersA motion has been submitted to the Scottish Parliament welcoming the positive impact of the Goathill housing and care project.
Parliamentary Motion S6M-10761 has welcomed the positive impact the project will have on the Western Isles’ care capacity and availability of housing.
The motion was submitted by Alasdair Allan MSP and the full text is:
“That the Parliament congratulates Goathill Housing and Care Home Project on being shortlisted in the Housing and Regeneration category of the prestigious 2023 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration, which identifies and celebrates best practice, innovation and achievement in interventions that improve Scottish communities; understands that this is the first housing and extra care housing project of its kind in the Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency; further understands that the development comprises Taigh Shiphoirt (Seaforth House), which is a 52-bed residential care home with four wings to facilitate small group living, Bremner Court, which has 50 units of extra care housing with 24-hour staffing provision to support the residents, and Sinclair Avenue, which includes 58 homes for social rent and 16 homes for sale through a shared equity scheme; notes that the project was delivered by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, in partnership with the Western Isles Integration Joint Board and the Hebridean Housing Partnership, with the care home and extra care housing constructed by McLaughlin & Harvey, and the home constructed by local firm O’Mac Construction; welcomes what it sees as the positive impact that the project will have on the islands’ care capacity and availability of housing; pays tribute to the hard work and determination of all involved in the project, and wishes them well for the 2023 SURF Awards.”
Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Stephanie Callaghan, Annabelle Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Emma Harper, Bill Kidd, Stuart McMillan, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, John Swinney, David Torrance, Sue Webber, Tess White
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Goathill Campus Shortlisted in the SURF Awards 2023 28/9/2023Douglas BodellPioneering Care Campus development on Isle of Lewis shortlisted in the Housing and Regeneration Category in Scotland’s Regeneration Forum Awards.
We are delighted to announce that Goathill care campus on the Isle of Lewis has been shortlisted in the ‘Housing and Regeneration’ Category in the SURF Scotland’s Regeneration Forum Awards!
This community development was delivered for a multi-partner agency bringing together Hebridean Housing Partnership , Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (Lewis Council) and Western Isles Integrated Joint Board.
The realised masterplan developed to provide affordable housing to meet the needs of the island’s elderly population and to fulfil wider strategic housing objectives.
The campus includes 74 affordable houses for Hebridean Housing Partnership, a 52 place Residential Care Home and 50 place Extra Care residential development.
Shared care services accommodated include Community Mental Health Team, Specialist Dementia Nurses, Occupational Therapy, and the START Short Term Assessment and Reablement Team. The Care Home also provides the Community Alarm Centre and a Daycare centre for Solas (Alzheimer Scotland).
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Longmeadow House Completed for Loreburn 25/9/2023Douglas BodellWorks were recently completed the adaptive reuse of a derelict Category C Listed Building, Longmeadow House.
Works were recently completed the adaptive reuse of a derelict Category C Listed Building, Longmeadow House which was convert into 3 affordable homes for Loreburn Housing Association as part of a wider masterplanned site in Annan.
The works included the removal of an overdominant extension, repairs to the external building fabric whilst also creating modest modern extensions at ground floor level to act as separate apartment entrances, service cupboard and bathrooms to each of the 3 homes to minimise disturbance of historic fabric as part of the adaptations and alterations to the main house.
A former outbuilding and link wall creates a separate home with new openings formed within the stone walls.
Great to see this listed building saved, restored and reused!
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