About

What could a 21st Century town centre look like?

An image of Cumbernauld Town Centre with a woman walking towards the main structure.

More about us

Our aim is to explore options for the re-purposing of the existing town centre building as the heart of a new town centre for the community.

This is an opportunity to work with the community to re-establish the optimism of Cumbernauld's visionary urban design and explore what a 21st Century town centre needs – beyond shops and services.

Cumbernauld Town Centre History

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Cultural significance

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Environmental impact

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Our letter to HES

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A brighter future

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Our approach

The Town Centre is an important building. It is potentially a 'poster child' for re-purposing. An exemplar of how we can transform what was once viewed as a 'pluke' to a much-loved community asset.

Exploration

We wish to identify alternatives to wholescale demolition and re-build. This approach is potentially much less disruptive and traumatic for the community, as well as being much less wasteful of resources and destructive of embodied carbon.

Imagination

We wish to build on the GIA's ideas competition and 'test' proposals with the community. In this way we can establish residents' and businesses' views and ideas about what they want to see happen.

Collaboration

We wish to work with the community, the Council, their consultants and stakeholders at all times to explore options.

Iteration

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Our process

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Research

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Prototype

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Design

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Evaluate

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