A series of derelict Edinburgh workshops could be demolished to make way for new student flats with waterside views.
Plans have been proposed for the development opposite the Union Canal at Lower Gilmore Place, with ADP Architecture overseeing the potential for 80 apartments to be built in the Fountainbridge area.
As Urban Realm reports, several rundown canalside workshops between 12-18 Lower Gilmore Place would be bulldozed if the plans are given the green light by Edinburgh Council.
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The multi-storey blocks would be car-free zones and new pend access would provide facilities such as rear garden space and bike storage.
The site is located on the other side of the wall next to the Leamington Lift Bridge over the canal with construction starting on several nearby blocks of student accommodation earlier in the year.
In a design statement, ADP wrote: "By referencing the roofscape and fenestration of the development to the east a canal-side residential aesthetic is extended to the Lower Gilmore Place frontage.
"This façade activates the neglected streetscape with feature ground floor amenities, glazing, setbacks and inhabited units with views out to the canal and over the street, enlivening what was a long-neglected streetscape.
"The proposed design draws upon the existing development by continuing this rhythm of the façade, with the introduction of vertical setback sections and visual breaks allowing the scheme to be read as both a harmonious development and a sequence of multiple frontages along the canal side."
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