Date: 04 September 05
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Architect: Malcolm Fraser Architects
Project Name: Holyrood Park Education Centre
Location: Holyrood Park, Edinburgh
Client: Historic Scotland
Budget: £650,000
Completion Date: 2002
Build Time: 9 Months
Building Use: Education and Office
As the pavilion introduces the Park to the public it has a 'threshold' function which is reflected in its siting, alongside a band of trees where the Park edges the City. At the building's own literal threshold the view is breathtaking, with the volcanic leftovers that are Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags symmetrically silhouetted against the sun and the public footpaths fanning out and up into the hills. The building's resolution springs from this view and these routes.
Its profile is kept deliberately low. The terne-coated stainless-steel roof wraps down to form a simple metal box: viewed from the hills it might glint like a little flint dug out from some archaeological site.
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