Bridgeton & Calton

MAST worked with Thenue Housing Association to examine the future of a number of three- and four-storey tenement blocks within Bridgeton and Calton. The study considered how existing housing could be reprovisioned while responding to the wider regeneration of Glasgow’s East End, testing a combination of retention, refurbishment and new-build approaches.

The work looked beyond individual buildings to consider how change could be managed across the wider neighbourhood. Different development scenarios explored the relationship between existing and new housing, together with practical issues around phasing, resident decanting and the integration of future proposals with emerging development elsewhere in the area.

The original study informed the delivery of various significant project across the community, which have reinforced our original regeneration principles.  These have included the Association’s purpose-built headquarters on London Road, completed as part of a mixed-use development incorporating new housing, and the later Abercromby Street development, which delivered 77 affordable homes on a prominent brownfield site close to the office.

Alongside new development, we have also worked with Thenue on the improvement of its existing housing stock. Through a four-year programme, this included refurbishment and planned maintenance projects across around 90 Category B Listed tenements, with works ranging from fabric repairs and common close improvements to rewiring and new ventilation systems.

This work with Thenue has established a broad framework for considering where improvements to existing homes could be balanced with more fundamental redevelopment, and how these changes could be considered holistically in tandem with wider investment in the East End.