Kevin Murray Associates led the stakeholder and community engagement for the Former Cockenzie Power Station Masterplan as part of the masterplan team led by Peter Brett Associates, with Duncan Whatmore Urban Design & Architecture, Energised Environments and Gardiner Theobald. East Lothian Council had identified that community and stakeholder buy-in would be key to the masterplan, […]
Kevin Murray Associates led a team alongside Willie Miller Urban Design and Urban Movement on the North Berwick Town Centre Charrette. The North Berwick Coastal Area Partnership, supported by East Lothian Council and the Scottish Government Charrette Mainstreaming Programme, commissioned the charrette with a particular focus on accessibility in the town centre. In advance of […]
The Inverness Victorian Market is a key asset in the heart of the city centre. The Highland Council commissioned Kevin Murray Associates to facilitate a series of workshops with traders and stakeholders and to devise an action plan for the regeneration of the Market. Kevin Murray undertook a series of interviews with traders ahead of […]
We are pleased to announce that the report from our commission to analyse the latest evidence submitted to the Scottish Government’s Planning Review has now been published on the Scottish Government Website. Undertaken with the University of Dundee and Eclipse Research Consultants, the project involved the analysis of the 474 written submissions, using a cross-coding system, […]
Today, 17 February, the SCR Vision has been launched. The prospectus, “A Better Future Together – Developing a Vision” is the product of our close work and collaboration with Professor Heather Campbell of the University of Sheffield, the other anchor institutions in the region, Sheffield Hallam University and the Sheffield Teaching Hospital Trust, and some […]
Talk Prestwick was an intensive community-facing charrette, led by Willie Miller Urban Design and sponsored by South Ayrshire Council, that took place over four days in the south west Scotland coastal community of Prestwick, close to the international airport. The event, while focusing around the town centre, drew in community initiatives from the beach and […]
An intricate and complex charrette was held over 4 days, in 6 venues along the Canal, between Lochgilphead, Ardrishaig and Crinan. There was good cross community attendance, with over 200 contributions from residents, businesses and community groups and agencies, in both sunshine and snow! The charrette team was led by Oliver Chapman Architects, with KMA […]
We are delighted to announce that the output from our commission, undertaken with the University of Dundee, to analyse the evidence submitted to the Scottish Government’s Planning Review, has now been published on the Scottish Government website. The project, which involved rapid analysis of the 391 written submissions, using a cross-coding system, was undertake in […]
KMA were appointed by Fife Council to undertake a youth ‘training’ charrette with young people in Cowdenbeath. Working with young people is a key dimension of our place momentum collaborative placemaking approach. Our team, comprising Kevin, Husam and Iain, worked with a mix of local young people to explore, understand, then plan the future of […]
We are delighted to announce our involvement in facilitating the Sheffield City Region visioning process. We have been working for many months with various institutions across the city region to help devise an approach to build an inclusive, aspirational vision that builds strategic relationships goals and a shared direction, building from the existing base of […]
