Glasgow, from its legacy as an industrial city, now has a problem with Stalled sites across the city. Glasgow currently has more vacant sites than the rest of Scotland put together. Many of these sites may have plans for future development, however this can be anywhere from one to over ten years until development is scheduled to begin.
This project delivers an innovative approach to dealing with issues relating to poor environmental conditions that have become more prevalent due to economic downturn. The project focuses on the temporary use of vacant land, under utilised openspace and sites earmarked for development though stalled.
These projects deliver a range of initiatives that promote health and wellbeing.
Examples of such uses include
- green gym/ play space/ outdoor exercise
- pop up sculpture
- exhibition space
- outdoor education
- arts project
- event space
- urban beach
- pop up park
- growing space
- or any innovative idea
The project has brought over 12 Hectares of land into temporary use in the past year.
This project recognises the opportunities available to use unproductive vacant land on a temporary basis to deliver a range of innovative projects that would benefit local communities.
The project is built around the central tenet that place and space have an impact on health and wellbeing and that individual action to improve lifestyle or health are likely to be constrained by the environmental and socio-economic contexts in which they take place.
Accessible, safe urban greenspace has a positive and significant influence on levels of physical activity as well as enhancing an individual’s sense of wellbeing by providing opportunities for engagement with nature, and social interaction.
The links to the following pages will provide advice and a first point of contact from within the City Council for anyone who wishes to improve a 'Stalled Space'.