April 27 2022

Mosaic Architecture + Design has prepared plans for a new production plant for spray painting, engraving and vibration testing on vacant ground off Acre Road within the West of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow.

Purpose-built for Polaris Vision Ltd the facility will be finished in buff brick with timber glulam columns under a zinc roof on a two-acre site overlooking the River Kelvin.

Combining testing rooms, storage and production, as well as a research and development space, the headquarters will take the form of an interconnected series of spaces providing 14,844sq/ft of accommodation arranged over two levels.

In a design statement, Mosaic wrote: "The new building will be formed of a two-storey office and manufacturing facility, with an observation deck at roof level forming a partial second floor.

"There is a colonnade to the south elevation of the building, formed with Glulam posts, supporting a section of roof overhanging the main elevation."

Employing 17 people Polaris is currently based in the Helix building within the Kelvin Campus.

3 Comments

#1 Posted by MV on 27 Apr 2022 at 09:27 AM

Clearly some projects take 25 years to come to fruition! 1997, what a year!

#2 Posted by pooka on 27 Apr 2022 at 15:40 PM

It's a pity the image only shows the jaded building that's making way for something new.

#3 Posted by Neil on 29 Apr 2022 at 11:00 AM

#1 my thoughts exactly! Just in time for the critical reappraisal of the early Blair years and Cool Britannia. Us Millennials love this kind of thing.

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