The Concrete Garden at Possil is the first of several early demonstration projects associated with the SAGE strategy, developed in partnership with NVA (see our urban strategy section). The project demonstrates one strand of the strategy: bringing derelict and vacant land into interim use for food growing. A modular infrastructure system which can be assembled and easily demounted on each site has been created. The modular system creates a strong sense of place in what are often incoherent environments. The modular system was designed by erz Limited and is fabricated from waste timber by Glasgow Wood Recycling, a community training agency. The project was shortlisted for the AJ Small Projects Award and AJ Small Projects Sustainability Award 2011 and won the Low Cost Project Award and the Chairman s Award for Architecture at the Scottish Design Awards 2011.

Client:

St Mathews Church / Community Group

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