December 2006

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Presentation December 2006 Part 1 - Background
Analysis Willie Watt
ELLON
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Geographical Spread
MILLENIUM WHEEL, FALKIRK
SCRIMGEOURS CORNER, CRIEFF
HOME, LONDON
AN LANNTAIR, STORNOWAY
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Location
Hudson Bay
Gothenburg
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Ellon
Aberdeen
N
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Location
Peterhead
Ellon
Aberdeen
N
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Perceptions of Utopia

• A HOME
• INDEPENDENT DOMAIN
• LOW MAINTENANCE
• RELATIVELY EFFICIENT
• FACILITIES
• THE MODERN FAMILY
• POPULARITY
• SECURITY
• COMMUNITY

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Reality

• LACK OF PLACE IDENTITY
• LACK OF HIERARCHY
• CAR RELIANCE
• POOR LANDSCAPE
• ARBITRARINESS
• LACK OF CHOICE
• LACK OF SECURITY
• LACK OF COMMUNITY

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Making Places - Current Exemplars - Malcolm
Fraser Architects - The Drum
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Making Places - Current Exemplars - Duany
Plater-Zyberk - Cornell, Canada
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Imagine Ellon
N
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Ellon
To Auchnagatt
To Peterhead
High School
To Pitmedden
Sports Centre
Town Centre
Supermarket
River Ythan
The Site
To Aberdeen
N
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Site Photographs - Town Centre
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Site Photographs - Town Centre
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Site Photographs - The River
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Connectivity
5 minute walk
10 minute walk
N
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Connectivity
20 minute walk
N
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Easy Pedestrian Access
5 minute walk
10 minute walk
N
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Structure Landscape
N
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Topography
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23
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N
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Site Photographs - The Site from the River
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Site Photographs - The View Back to Ellon
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Site Photographs - The View to the North East
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Site Photographs - The View to the South
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Solar Access
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2
3
AM
PM
2
1
3
N
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Winter Shading
Ellon
River Ythan
Section 1
Site Boundary
Farm Buildings
Ellon
River Ythan
Site Boundary
Section 2
Ellon
River Ythan
Section 3
Site Boundary
N
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Sun Spaces
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Views
N
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Flood Risk
N
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Exposure
Prevailing Winds
Cold Onshore Winds
N
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Benchmarking the Site - More of the Same
N
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Benchmarking the Site - With a Place (our Home
Town)
N
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Pedestrian Desire Lines
N
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Focus Points
Central Node
Local Node
Local Node
N
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Anchor Points
The River
Existing Standing Stones
Existing Field Network
Existing Steadings
Existing Houses
N
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A New Connectivity
Town Centre
New Bridge
Sports Centre
Walk
Walk
N
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Linear Park (Circuit)
N
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Development Mix
Landscape Edges
Landscape Edges
Housing
Pub
Convenience Store
Library
Flats
Housing
One Off Houses