Hawkhead Centre in Paisley
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Hawkhead Centre in Paisley
UK Building Design Project, Scotland ? design by Page Park Architects
19 Mar 2018
Hawkhead Centre
Design: Page Park Architects
Location: 198 Hawkhead Road, Paisley, PA2 7BS, Scotland
Hawkhead Centre
Photos: Keith Hunter
The Hawkhead Centre is a new activity and support centre for the charity Scottish War Blinded, who provide free support to ex-service men and women who have lost their sight during or after military service. Scottish War Blinded is a sister charity to Royal Blind, Scotland?s largest visual impairment organisation. The Hawkhead Centre has been delivered in tandem with a new Royal Blind 54-room care home on the same site, and is Scottish War Blinded?s flagship facility on the west side of Scotland, building upon the success of their existing facility, the Linburn Centre, in the east.
The centre provides a wide range of facilities to aid the charity in their work, including a sports hall, gymnasium, art room, wood workshop, kitchen skills room, IT skills room and a large dining area which forms the social hub and heart of the building. A significant part of the centre is the connection between the inside of the building and the new sensory garden to which it opens out, complete with planting areas, pergola, potting shed and greenhouse, encircled by existing mature oak, larch, pine and maple trees.
The design of the centre is inspired by the pla...
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