Project description

Glasgow Green is the oldest Victorian park in the heart of Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, opened to the public following the park movement of the 1830s out of a desire to improve health in the overcrowded conditions of the fast-growing industrial town. Victorian parks have also increasingly become a symbol of civic pride, offering residents and visitors an attractive setting for their leisure time. They also took on a social role as a place for improvement for the bottom of society.

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Glasgow Green Renewal

The biophilic design strategy will address the existing problems of Glasgow green from the perspective of urban residents and biodiversity, linking their activity needs, sensory experience, natural interaction, cultural pride and other aspects to propose strategies for existing green spaces. The proposed strategy will enhance the experience and diversity of activities within the park, strengthen the connection between the park and its surrounding communities and residents, and the relationship between human and more than human. And gradually expand its influence to make the park a landmark of Glasgow to attract tourists and expand the cultural influence of the city. At the same time, a future management plan for the park is proposed to ensure its long-term role as an infrastructure. The park will acknowledge, explore and celebrate the many layers of human contact with the landscape and the site’s significance to the local citizens of Glasgow and the wider region. Victorian Park will serve as a gathering place for the public, a sensory playground, and a pillar of Glasgow's healthy, outdoor lifestyle, exciting and inspiring locals and visitors alike. It will be simple to get to and hard to leave. Neighbors will adopt it as their own, and tourists will want to come back for more. In order to achieve the unity of society, culture and ecology.

Victorian park within Glasgow region
Recalibrate Green

After analyzing all aspects of the site at this stage, this diagram is used as a summary and the existing

problems of the site are put forward. The site itself has a rich cultural heritage, but due to its original

design strategy and lack of maintenance, the site's ecological diversity is lacking. As a green space,

the site has not been able to benefit the surrounding residents well.

Glasgow Green status analysis
Dynamic Green

Biophilia is a combination of two ancient Greek words: "life" (bio) and "love" (philia). Biophilia is a human personality attribute first articulated by Erich Fromm and later by E.O. Wilson, who both agree that biophilia has a biological basis and that developing harmonious interactions between humans and the biosphere is essential.

The main theoretical title in this project is Biophilic Design. The goal of biophilic design is to create artificial environments that are as similar as possible to the natural environment to ensure that nature has a positive impact on people’s health and well-being.

Testing and evolution of dynamic systems
Glasgow Green Renewal masterplan & analysis
Skills & Experience
  • RHS - Right Here Studio (Shenzhen)
  • Antao - Zhejiang Antao Design Ltd. (Hangzhou)
  • DLC - Design Land Collaborative Ltd. (Shanghai)
  • PS/AI/ID/SU/RHINO/LUMION/CAD
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