Sam Cook

Hyper-Local: Intergenerational Co-op Living // Port Glasgow

Exploring principles from research into 15-minute city concepts and localized sustainable living to develop a socially responsive project. Responding to the climate emergency as well as social justice concerns. Promoting community autonomy, able to meet many of its essential needs within a local proximity. Allowing residents to live within a balanced and sustainable ecosystem by producing, sourcing, and managing resources within comfortable and accessible neighbourhoods.

Implementing these concepts in the neglected post-industrial town of Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, suffering from a declining social and economic state. The project sits within the riverside braes around Clune Park estate stretching out to the east, interacting with a unique landscape gradient.

Capitalizing on the existing nature to develop a well-designed neighbourhood masterplan, revitalizing the community. The project houses multiple typologies of residential new-build units along with community amenity spaces and spaces for recreation surrounding new run-off ponds and community gardens, developing further connections to adjacent neighbourhoods.