ABERDEEN | POWIS PLACE
Project/Title: Powis Place
Location: Aberdeen
Building Type: Student Accommodation
Completed: November 2016
System: Aluprof MB 70 HI Windows
Aluprof MB SR50-N Curtainwall
Senior SPW500 Doors
Value: £500,000
Main Contractor: Kier Scotland
Architect: Carson & Partners
Description: Powis Place Student Residences accommodates 196 student rooms with associated common, staff, and ancillary areas, all arranged around a central landscaped courtyard with car parking beneath.
The building occupies a prominent urban block on one of the main approaches into Aberdeen. A bold, muscular form rendered in good quality materials defends the central courtyard from the busy urban environment beyond.
The building comprises of 6 storeys, the top two of which are set back to create landscaped terraces and, with a diminishing scale, compliments the quieter residential neighbourhood at the rear.
Marshall Brown designed, fabricated and installed curtainwall, windows and doors to the building.