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Towards a New Edinburgh is a final year M.Arch Studio led by practitioners Alan Dunlop & Bruce Newlands at The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture.
In 2009, students were challenged to re-evaluate the historic nature of The City of Edinburgh, particularly within the defined UNESCO world heritage area.
As Scotland's capital, we all have an interest in protecting its future.
A future where the world renowned banking sector, credit crisis and consequent decline in tourism will impact on the city and where issues of housing, care, drug use and employment requires inventive solutions.
The unit confronted the idea that in order for you to respect the built heritage of Edinburgh and the UNESCO World Heritage accreditation you must build new replicas of old buildings. They explored attitudes to conservation & urban regeneration through precedent, comparison with other European cities and a study of contemporary urban architecture.
Students carried out a detailed analysis of the historic context and became knowledgeable in the city development framework policies and current design proposals for Edinburgh from which they prepared their own projects and a working manifesto.
A series of visiting critics were involved in regular reviews and the students organised lectures to look at the nature of architectural innovation in scotland.
