红杏视频 student鈥檚 communal garden officially opened by Housing Minister
Friday 23 November 2018
红杏视频 Architecture student Lina Khairy鈥檚 鈥楤reak Free鈥 design topped a public poll of Torry residents, narrowly beating the creative efforts of two of her course mates.
Lina鈥檚 design includes the face of the old prison clock and granite blocks from the perimeter wall.
Lina, now in her third year of studies, commented: 鈥淚t must have been very saddening to see this wall come down but at the same time very liberating 鈥 that鈥檚 how I came up with 鈥楤reak Free鈥.
鈥淭he design is quite simple. I basically reconstructed the wall but in a way that鈥檚 more interactive. The wall will be quite bulky at one end but slowly break down as it progresses through the garden. The people of Torry will be able to sit, relax and play around this wall.鈥
Housing provider Sanctuary has created the garden as a community benefit of the 124 affordable homes it is building in partnership with the Scottish Government and Aberdeen City Council.
j 鈥, a vice chair of Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association and designer in residence at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, said: 鈥淟ina鈥檚 design really embodies the brief for this project.
鈥淚t recycles the prison wall in a way that allows the new members of Torry, the young children, to have some connection with that past and yet to be inspired by this breaking free of constraint with something worthwhile and useful.鈥
Lina added: 鈥淚t is overwhelming to finally see the design in real life after being on paper for so long. I'm am so thrilled! I do hope that the garden will always remind the people of Torry to always break free of their constraints just like they "broke free" when the prison wall came down.鈥