Hospitalfield

It was a brisk and chilly morning the day we visited Hospitalfield House. The weather was ideal for looking at the site, with the light jumping through the breaks in the tree branches and showing the true extent of the site. My initial impression of the site was that it was incredibly open and inviting. With the trees lining 3 sites of the site, the privacy levels are high which makes it the ideal places to create a semi-private and secluded building. While wandering about and attempting to draw (when really it was so cold my hands were hardly functioning...) I was aware of the history of the site, and the effect it had on me, even after I left Hosipitalfield House. 

With the history on the site having been there for over 150 years, the many uses of the site and the Hospitalfield House range greatly, from educational purposes, to being Scotland’s first school of fine art and now, a place where artists can go for long periods of time to paint and make art. As the site was so inspiring, with all the different tangible and intangible elements within it, this has allowed me to gain a lot of ideas for my design by looking at these elements.