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Dallas Pierce Quintero
T H E B I G W - P UBLIC AR T
CO M MUN I T Y COU NCIL
U P D AT E
THE BIG
A vision for
Public Art in
Winchburgh
PROJECT BRIEF Write a Public Art strategy for Winchburgh shaped by input from the local community. Organise a series of community events to gather research, ideas and steer from local people. With the Commissioning Group develop a strategy for producing future artworks as funding becomes available. Deliver one piece of Public Art in 2015 that acts as a ‘trailblazer’ for future artworks.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
OUTREACH UPDATE
Outreach 1 Getting to know Winchburgh 9th - 11th October 2014
Outreach 2 Getting to know people & place 9th - 11th November 2014
Presentation to Community Council 10th November 2014
Outreach 3 Decorate a Gingerbread house workshop 13th December 2014
Project Commissioning Group meeting 2 2nd February 2015
Outreach 4a I love Winchburgh art workshop 14th February 2015
Presentation to LAC meeting 19th February 2015
Outreach 4b Tea & Chat at Abercorn Court housing 19th February 2015
Project Commissioning Group meeting 3 9th March 2015
Presentation to Community Council 9th March 2015
Outreach 5 First Look: An artwork for Winchburgh 14th March 2015
Share members Special interest group
OUTREACH UPDATE Share premises Community group
WLC connections Local services
Project partner Meeting place
Project partner
Abercorn Court
Winchburgh
Bridge 19 – 40 Community
Canal Society Council Winchburgh
Tally Ho Pub Senior Citizens
Primary School
Group
Gala Day
Committee Youth Services
Winchburgh Community
Church Centre
Walking Holy Family
Primary School
Group West Lothian
Winchburgh Baby and toddler Council
Bowling Club group
St Philomena Optimised
Local historian Environments
Social Club Andrew Pettie Thursday Art
Club
OUTREACH 1 - OCTOBER 2014
OUTREACH 2 - NOVEMBER 2014
EVENT 3 - Saturday 13th december 2014
EVENT 3 - Saturday 13th december 2014
EVENT 4A - SATURDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 2015 SATURDAY 14th FEBRUARY 1.30 - 4.30pm at Winchburgh Community Centre Flyer delivered to every household in Winchburgh (including new homes) Attendance: 51+ Feedback forms: 12, 10 new contacts and 1 community champion
EVENT 4A - SATURDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 2015
EVENT 4A - SATURDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 2015
EVENT 4B - THURSDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2015
EVENT 4B - THURSDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2015 The Fower Marys Yest’re’en the Queen had fower Marys But why should I fear a nameless grave The nicht she’ll hae but three When I’ve hopes for eternity There was Mary Seton and Mary Beaton, And I’ll pray that the faith o’ a dying thief And Mary Car-Michael and me. Be given through grace tae me Oh little did my mother think Yest’re’en the Queen had fower Marys The day she cradled me The nicht she’ll hae but three The lands I was to travel in There was Mary Seton and Mary Beaton, The death I was tae die And Mary Car-Michael and me. Oh tie a napkin roon my eyen There was Mary Seton and Mary Beaton, No let me seen to die And Mary Car-Michael and me. And sent me a’wa tae my dear mother Who’s far away o’er the sea But I wish I could lie in our ainkirkyard Beneath yon old oak tree Where we pulled the rowans and strung the gowans My brothers and sisters and me Yest’re’en the Queen had fower Marys The nicht she’ll hae but three There was Mary Seton and Mary Beaton, And Mary Car-Michael and me.
EVENT 4B - THURSDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2015
SHORTLISTING SITES & THEMES FOR ARTWORKS
EVENT 3 WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ART?
Priest Inch
24
POTENTIAL ARTWORK Union Canal towpath
LOCATIONS 25
18 Gateway
North
17 Approach to
Auld Cathie
Station
Market Place 14
5 Gateway
Gateway
Claypit East
West 6 19
13 Phase 1
Former Star
& Garter Pub
Retail
2 7
Old Post Office
Park 1 8
Open space
12 Union Canal
towpath 3 Site of Niddry Castle
15
4 Oil Works
Schools 9
Footbridge
10 Community Centre/
23 over canal Bowling Club
Gateway 11
South-west Path to
canal 20
16 Approach to
Niddry Castle
Gateway
South
Greendykes
Bing
21
22 Site of Hopetoun
Oil WorksPOTENTIAL ARTWORK Gateway
LOCATIONS North
Union
Approach to Canal
Auld Cathie
Auldcathie
Gardens
Station
Gateway
West
Gateway
inner west Claypit
Leisure
Gateway
Space
East
Approach to
Community
Niddry Castle
Space
Oil Works
Glendevon
Park
Union
Canal
Gateway
- Gateways
South Approach to
- Leisure Space
Niddry Castle
- Historical locations
- Station
- Claypit
- Union Canal
- Glendevon Park & Auldcathie Gardens
- Community SpaceShale Oil Works
POTENTIAL ART THEMES
The two shale oil works in the village, Hopetoun
(c.1872) and Niddry Castle (c.1903) were
pioneering; they built housing including the
Rows, and were the first to use electricity.
Agriculture:
Before the shale industry Winchburgh was
primarily agriculture-focused. Being part of the
Hopetoun Estate the farms were advanced.
Mary Queen of Scots:
After her escape from captivity in Loch Leven
Castle, Mary Queen of Scots stayed at Niddry
Castle on 2 May 1568,
The Union Canal
The last canal to be built in the UK, hundreds of
Scottish and Irish navvies worked on building it
with every spadeful shifted by human toil.POTENTIAL ART THEMES Miners’ pastimes:
Pigeon racing, keeping and racing
greyhounds, Pitch and Toss, and bowling were
all popular pastimes.
Gardening & honey:
John Reid, author of ‘The Scots Gard’ner’ (1683)
was born at Niddry Castle. The walled garden
he planted and beehives villagers kept made
Winchburgh famous for honey.
Gala Day:
Still going today, Gala Days take place in
mining villages and were a chance to dress up
and focus on the children of the community.
The Railway:
The railway station opened in 1842, and
there were some eventful incidents during the
construction between the Irish and Scottish
workers. The station closed in 1930.Sport:
POTENTIAL ART THEMES
Winchburgh Albion Football Club produced
several well known football players, and from
the curling pond at Glendevon to the Niddry
Castle Golf Club Winchburgh has a history as a
place of sport:
Transportation:
Winchburgh had the first successful electric
railway in Scotland during the time of the oil
works. Soon it will once again have a station
Industry:
Dougal’s Brickworks was famed for its strong
bricks. Local men, after a night out were
known to sleep close to the warm kilns.
Battle of Bannockburn:
In 1314 the English army that had been
defeated at the Battle of Bannockburn tried to
get the Scottish into a fight at Winchburgh but
Douglas stayed on their flank side. The chase
continued all the way to Dunbar Castle.Themes:
POTENTIAL SITE 1 - Gala Day
2 - Shale Oil Works
LEISURE SPACE 3= - Sport / Industry /
Agriculture
The site straddles both sides of the B9080 road to
Linlithgow. We were attracted to it because it takes in both
the existing park to the south and the new retail area to
NEW RETAIL
the north. With plans to have the shops open in December AREA
2015 this will be an opportunity for an artwork to bridge the
new and existing parts of Winchburgh. The artworks would
EXISTING
be sited in both the retail area and the park, both places PARK
where people will have time to enjoy the artworks.
Artists impression of the proposed retail development on the north side of the B9080 road. View of the park that runs along the south side of the B9080 road.Themes:
POTENTIAL SITE 1= - Miner’s Pastimes
1= - Gardening & Honey
COMMUNITY SPACE 3 - Gala Day
There is funding available for the community to improve the
land around the old post office and former Star & Garter
pub. There are aspirations to turn this into a community
garden. When these plans come to fruition this would be a
good location for artwork, and could be integrated into the
design of the garden.
Former Star & Garter Pub Site
Former Post Office SiteThemes:
POTENTIAL SITE 1 - Mary Queen of Scots
2= - Shale Oil Works /
HISTORICAL SITES Battle of Bannockburn /
Industry / Gardening
AULD CATHIE
There are several historical sites in WInchburgh
which we felt could benefit from having an artwork
nearby. Auld Cathie and Niddry Castle can be seen
today, but their history isn’t immediately apparent
to the casual visitor. There is not much sign of
Niddry Castle Oil Works (except the bing it created),
so an artwork that draw’s people’s attention to
Winchburgh’s shale oil past would seem logical.
NIDDRY CASTLE
In these three locations it might be that the artworks OIL WORKS
need to be located slightly away from the actual
remains due to their historical significance and ease
of access.
NIDDRY CASTLEThemes:
POTENTIAL SITE 1 - Union Canal
2= - Transportation
UNION CANAL 2= - Industry
The Union Canal flows through Winchburgh between
Philpstoun and Broxburn. The towpath is a peaceful place
to visit and can form part of a circular walk around the
village. In some places the canal is in a cutting and there
is not much sign of the village, in other places views of
Winchburgh are possible.
We were attracted to this site by the variety of spaces along
the towpath and the opportunity to make people who are
passing along the canal more aware of Winchburgh as they
pass through.
Artists impression of the proposed canal basin Photographs of the canal as it is todayGATEWAY
Themes: NORTH
POTENTIAL SITE 1= - Shale Oil Works
1= - Transportation
GATEWAYS 1= - Industry
We think it’s important to signal the points in and out of
Winchburgh and welcome people as they enter. This is an
GATEWAY
opportunity to convey to visitors and new residents the history EAST
of Winchburgh and its aspirations.
Walking around the village and studying the masterplan has led
us to locate a series of gateways. There is a north, east, south
and west gateway, and an extra westerly gateway further into
Winchburgh.
The scale of the artworks at these gateways may vary
GATEWAY
depending on the speed of traffic and scale of nearby buildings SOUTH
and landscape, however we would see them as being part of
the same ‘family’.
GATEWAY
INNER-WESTThemes:
POTENTIAL SITE 1 - Industry
2 - Transportation
CLAY PIT 3= - Miner’s Pastimes
3= - Sport
The claypit was originally part of Dougal’s Brickworks of
which nothing else remains. Residents we have met have
lots of stories about the claypit and brickworks, and we felt
that this was a promising site for an artwork. In the future
the claypit will form part of a new park for Winchburgh
making the site even more important to residents.
Photograph of the claypit as it is today. A train can be seen on the other side of the claypit before it An artist’s impression of how the new park could look and its connection with the town centre
enters the tunnel. development.Themes:
POTENTIAL SITE 1 - Agriculture
2 - Battle of Bannockburn
GLENDEVON PARK & 3 - Gardening & Honey
AULDCATHIE GARDENS
There is a passage of land that can not be built on because it
forms the route of the gas main pipe from the canal to south
of Glendevon Farm. It is proposed to keep this land as open
space, forming part of Glendevon Park & Auldcathie Gardens.
We feel that this would be a good place to position artworks
as it forms a new pedestrian route though Winchburgh and
has plenty of space for stopping enroute.
The current line of the gas main pipe, that will form part of Auldcathie Gardens
The wide strip of open land in Glendevon Park beside the new homesThemes:
POTENTIAL SITE 1 - Railway
2 - Shale Oil Works
FUTURE STATION 3= - Transportation
3= - Industry
In 2018 trains will once again be stopping in Winchburgh.
After years without a station this will be an important new
service for the village and we feel that the station would
be a great location for an artwork. In this position the
artwork can welcome visitors, and returning residents, to
Winchburgh.
Aerial view of the location of the proposed station, north of the original station, and the land around
it.CHOSEN SITE FOR THE TRAILBLAZER ARTWORK
CHOSEN SITE FOR ART
Future Housing
THE LEISURE SPACE
NORTH LOCATION
Retail, amenity and
The ‘Leisure Space’ is
the community and the office area
commissioning group’s preferred
site for the trailblazer artwork. The
site is made up of two locations;
one north and one south of the
road.
THE LEISURE SPACE
The site straddles both sides of
the B9080 road to Linlithgow.
We were attracted to it because
it takes in both the existing park Parish
to the south and the new retail, SOUTH LOCATION
Church
amenity and office area to the
north. ‘Barratt’ Park
With plans to have the shops open
in December 2015 this will be
an opportunity for an artwork to
bridge the new and existing parts
of Winchburgh.
The artworks would be sited both
north and south of the road, both
places where people will have time Existing Housing
to enjoy the artworks.CHOSEN SITE FOR ART
THE LEISURE SPACE
North Location - Artists impression of the proposed development on the north side of the B9080 road.
South Location - View of the park that runs along the south side of the B9080 road.NORTH LOCATION:
POTENTIAL POSITIONS
RETAIL
We met with Ian Logan (OPEN),
Sandy Anderson (Michael Laird)
and Robin Matthew (PPCA) and
discussed a number of possible
positions for the artwork in the RETAIL &
north location. 1st FLOOR A
OFFICE
The options are:
A - Bespoke benches
B D
C CONVENIENCE
B - Brick elevation to main road STORE
C - Large corner window onto A
main road
D - Paving area adjacent to
benches
B9080
ROAD
The following pages outline more
detail about the different options.
Our recommendation is
that option A, the bespoke
benches is progressed as the
trailblazer artwork.R2 R2 R2
0 640 0 640 0 640
R2
0
R2
0
R2
0
F3a F3a F3c F3c F3a F3b
640
75 200 75 200 75 200
200
200
200
83 83 83 83 83 83
75
30
75
30
75
30
475 475 475
PLAN
NORTH LOCATION:
SIDE ELEVATION SIDE ELEVATION SIDE ELEVATION
640 640 640 F2f: Galvanised steel fixing bar Joints between Granite Base Units Granite Base Units laid to fall of brick
POTENTIAL POSITIONS
Side Side Side close fitted with neoprene pad insert pavers.
where blocks adjoin.
6.25
75
75
75
12.5
12.5
12.5
F3a F3a F3c F3c F3a F3b
862.5
862.5
862.5
Front Front Front Front Front Front
OPTION A - BENCHES F3d F3e F3d
°
°
°
75
.0
.0
.0
90
90
90
Side Side Side
20 20 20 20 20 20
PLAN PLAN
PLAN
FRONT ELEVATION Fixing: Reinforced concrete log foundation. For all
fixings and foundation information refer to
specification and separate details.NORTH LOCATION: POTENTIAL POSITIONS OPTION A - BENCHES It was felt that the benches posed the most potential for a number of reasons: - Budget had already been allocated for the OPEN designed bespoke benches and the design of these could change. - OPEN were positive about the idea of the benches becoming art commissions. - There is potential to locate benches as part of the same commission within the park.
NORTH LOCATION: POTENTIAL POSITIONS OPTION B - BRICK ELEVATION OF OFFICE
NORTH LOCATION:
POTENTIAL POSITIONS
OPTION B - BRICK Artwork could be created by engraving or embossing some of
the bricks. These could be specially created as in the bike below Artwork could be applied on to the wall, either as 2d or 3d
ELEVATION OF OFFICE or engraved on site as in the birds. pieces.
It was felt that this location
was somewhat challenging
and would pose issues in
terms of the ownership of the
artwork and responsibilities for
maintenance.
We therefore think this option
should be discounted at this
stage.NORTH LOCATION: POTENTIAL POSITIONS OPTION C - CORNER WINDOW OF OFFICE
NORTH LOCATION: POTENTIAL POSITIONS OPTION C - CORNER One idea could be to apply imagery or coloured films to the The window could be used as a display showing artwork and WINDOW OF OFFICE window to create a large scale artwork. illuminated at night. It was felt that this idea may need to be discounted due to it being positioned within the let space of the development and that the lifespan of the artwork may not be as great as the other examples.
NORTH LOCATION: POTENTIAL POSITIONS OPTION D - PAVING ADJACENT TO BENCHES
NORTH LOCATION:
POTENTIAL POSITIONS
Metal could be inlaid into the paving to create an artwork.
OPTION D - PAVING Patterns, maps, drawings and images could all be translated Words could be engraved into the hard landscaping, transcribing
ADJACENT TO BENCHES onto the ground in this way. poems, quotes and songs.
There is currently no extra
budget allocated to this area
of hard landscaping, so the
artwork would need to be
funded solely by the art budget.
Therefore it was felt that the
resulting artwork may not have
the impact hoped for.NEXT EVENT
NEXT CONSULTATION EVENT SATURDAY 14th MARCH 10am - 2pm
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