This is an incredible place to explore. It's almost surreal to find a structure like that in perhaps the last place you would expect it. It's past is fairly confusing, and its future certainly doesn't appear clear. Great video, very well put together.
There's something extra poignant about old places of study and learning. There's also a reason for the saying "Architects should be forced to live in the places they design." Thank you for the charming and well done video!
Thanks for watching! And yes, I agree, it's really surreal seeing footage of it in use as a place of study, and then seeing it as it is now all broken down and decayed
Recently visited. It’s extraordinary that such a building should have been raised in such a remote location. To a surveyor / builder such as myself, the bones show how it was constructed, but the function of the different areas as designed is difficult to decipher , but monumental in scale. The Corbusian design influences certainly didn’t work in the driech Scottish climate, in full face of the prevailing Atlantic depressions. A tragic failure of execution of construction and design over expectation. One sort of feels for those who undertook their pursuit of holy orders there.
It is quite extraordinary, isn't it? I've heard some people describe it as like a spaceship that's landed there - out of place, inexplicable, and long-forgotten...
Yes Kilmahew House was spectacular. Better protection or occupancy would have helped both buildings survive. Abandonment led to vandalism, arson and ruin. It could all have been so different.
I love this place, there's a real presence anout it when you visit. More so if you watch the 1972 film 'Space & Light' showing it in action. Yes structural issues and low uptake were its downfall, but how good it would be to see some sort of redeployment for it. To others it has all the appeal of an NCP car park, but to me you just can't beat the smell of abandoned concrete in the morning.
It has such a presence, you're right. I really liked all the different projects what were proposed for it. Imagine visiting it as a spa, with the central space really opened up and filled with a pool. Hopefully it'll be used for something before long...
The first test of architecture is: is the building capable of and suitable to deliver what it was built for? If the answer to this question is 'no' then the architects failed. In the 50s and 60s there are legion examples of architects who thought they were sculptors.
@@ghostsocI love some of the old concrete buildings, I try to imagine how they would have looked when first built to the people that lived then it must have looked very futuristic!
What is it with brutalist architects and not being able to design water proof roofs? Gwent county hall & civic centre in Cwmbran was a similar story designed in the 70s and demolished because it was unsafe from concrete cancer in the 2010s. Many of my family worked there including my godfather (my dads best mate) who worked in the highways department situated on the top floor - he said it leaked like a sieve from new and as soon as the rain started they’d chuck their waste paper bins, cleaners mop buckets and any other receptacle they could find under the many drips.
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Nature is gradually turning it into the hanging gardens of Glasgow!
This is an incredible place to explore. It's almost surreal to find a structure like that in perhaps the last place you would expect it. It's past is fairly confusing, and its future certainly doesn't appear clear. Great video, very well put together.
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That's great to hear - welcome on board!
There's something extra poignant about old places of study and learning. There's also a reason for the saying "Architects should be forced to live in the places they design." Thank you for the charming and well done video!
Thanks for watching! And yes, I agree, it's really surreal seeing footage of it in use as a place of study, and then seeing it as it is now all broken down and decayed
Recently visited. It’s extraordinary that such a building should have been raised in such a remote location. To a surveyor / builder such as myself, the bones show how it was constructed, but the function of the different areas as designed is difficult to decipher , but monumental in scale. The Corbusian design influences certainly didn’t work in the driech Scottish climate, in full face of the prevailing Atlantic depressions. A tragic failure of execution of construction and design over expectation. One sort of feels for those who undertook their pursuit of holy orders there.
It is quite extraordinary, isn't it? I've heard some people describe it as like a spaceship that's landed there - out of place, inexplicable, and long-forgotten...
Loving this channel and your voice ! subbed !
Gotta love the dry Scottish sense of humor ☺️👍
Glad it's appreciated!
No way the demolished the house over the Seminary !! Insane tbh. Great video :)
It's kind of wild... but the Seminary was viewed as more valuable as it was unique
Yes Kilmahew House was spectacular. Better protection or occupancy would have helped both buildings survive. Abandonment led to vandalism, arson and ruin. It could all have been so different.
I love this place, there's a real presence anout it when you visit. More so if you watch the 1972 film 'Space & Light' showing it in action. Yes structural issues and low uptake were its downfall, but how good it would be to see some sort of redeployment for it. To others it has all the appeal of an NCP car park, but to me you just can't beat the smell of abandoned concrete in the morning.
It has such a presence, you're right. I really liked all the different projects what were proposed for it. Imagine visiting it as a spa, with the central space really opened up and filled with a pool. Hopefully it'll be used for something before long...
The first test of architecture is: is the building capable of and suitable to deliver what it was built for? If the answer to this question is 'no' then the architects failed.
In the 50s and 60s there are legion examples of architects who thought they were sculptors.
I love this building, would loved to have seen it in its prime, great video thank you :)
It's a beaitiful space... and it would have been even more so when in use, with all the wood and windows still in situ
@@ghostsocI love some of the old concrete buildings, I try to imagine how they would have looked when first built to the people that lived then it must have looked very futuristic!
What is it with brutalist architects and not being able to design water proof roofs? Gwent county hall & civic centre in Cwmbran was a similar story designed in the 70s and demolished because it was unsafe from concrete cancer in the 2010s. Many of my family worked there including my godfather (my dads best mate) who worked in the highways department situated on the top floor - he said it leaked like a sieve from new and as soon as the rain started they’d chuck their waste paper bins, cleaners mop buckets and any other receptacle they could find under the many drips.
What a colossal waste of money by the Catholic church, who should be required to offset the carbon footprint of this piece of architectural excrement.
God is DEAD