Tour Stops
Introduction HILL
Go straight and down the steps towards the right to the third floor, home of the Fashion & Textiles Department.
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Fashion Design Y4
At the bottom of the stairs, take a moment to orientate yourself; all the facilities to your left are a part of the Textile department, & all the facilities to your right are of Fashion! Straight ahead are the Fashion Design studios occupied by Year 4.
Textiles workshop - Embroidery 164 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6RQ
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As you exit the studio, to your right are the textile workshops for embroidery; turn left through the large doors to enter the textile print workshop.
REID BUILDING WALKING TOUR
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Textiles workshop - Print & Dye
Through the large door, you’ll enter a well-lit print studio with screen-printing & dye facilities. Cross through to the small door bearing left & exit into the corridor. 3.4
Textiles workshop - Weave & Knit
Through the doors on your right, you’ll see the “Loom Room” - the dedicated space for textile design, specialising in weave. Wander around the space, through the knit room on the far end & out the door on the left. 3.5
This impressive edifice fits a Design School, the largest of the four schools in GSA, and is also home to our seminar spaces, auditorium, expansive and well-equipped technical services department, GSA directorate and school offices. Our public ground floor has outstanding exhibition and archive facilities and the Centre for Advanced Textiles (CAT), a commercial print bureau specialising in sustainable digital fabric printing, that supports external clients and our students. Together, we provide a vibrant community that offers a unique student experience and nurtures your transition from academic to professional life.
Professor Stephen Bottomley MPhil RCA, MA Design Head of School of Design
The CASERoom & Communication Design
The CASERoom
The door on your left leads to the CASERoom, the print workshop frequented by Communication Design students. This space celebrated its 60th anniversary this year, & boasts 4 presses, a two-drum risograph printer & 350 cases of metal type. 4.2
Digital Print Studio
Exit the CASERoom, & head straight through the narrow curved corridor, bearing right. The space to the left is the digital print studio, specialising in high quality digital prints for designers & photographers. 4.3
Communication Design Yr 2
Walk straight through the studios to catch a glimpse of the communication design space (occupied by Yr 2) papered with examples of graphic design, illustration, & photography.
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Tour Stops *To note: This tour path uses stairs as the default, but the building is fully accessible and lifts are marked on the map.
Reid Reception
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BA(Hons) Communication Design MDes Communication Design MDes Graphics/Illustration/Photography
As you enter the Reid, take a couple of minutes to admire the coloured glass & the sculptures rescued from the Mackintosh building; then go straight through the gates & take the lift on the left to the 4th floor.
Fourth Floor Studios
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2F 2. Fashion & Textiles BA(Hons) Fashion Design BA(Hons) Textile Design MDes Fashion BA(Hons) Fashion Narrative
BA(Hons) Interaction Design
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MDes Communication Design
Interior Design Y2&3
Barnes Building
Barnes Building
MDes Interior Design
Exiting the event space, go down the stairs to enter the MDes Interior Design studios, where independent voices are cultivated & alternative futures are explored. Turn right and walk past more Interior Design Studios to the far end. 2.4
4. Interaction Design
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Through the curtains on the far end sits the Interior Design studios for Years 2 &3. To the left of the printers is an event space that is used by the department to host exhibitions, crits, and other events.
1. Communication Design
Design by: Bhavani Bala www.bhankadraws.com
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At the bottom of the stairs, take a sharp right and head straight down the corridor, past the MDes Fashion Base Room on the left until you come to the space in front of the lift, papered with hand-made prints. 4.1
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Exit the lift and go straight past the tables to the welllit, high ceilinged room that houses the 2 year MDes Communication Design & the 1 year MDes Graphics/ Illustration/Photography students.
Departments
Enter the first door on the right to see the sewing workshops dedicated to Fashion Design; walk through the space, exit through the door on the left & head down the stairs to the Second Floor.
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Fashion Y2 & 3 & Textiles Yr 2,3 & 4
Fashion workshop - Sewing
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The building’s design concept was to construct a robust concrete structure to withstand the wear and tear of a design school. Other features of the Reid include generous, wide corridors, stairs and seating points to encourage connection and conversation. Three cylindrical shafts, described by Holl as “driven voids of light” that bring illumination into the centre of the building and form part of this “circuit of connection” over a vast building, with many quirky nooks and crannies.
Turn right, & straight through to the studio spaces at the end of the hall. This is a shared space between Fashion & Textiles, encouraging cross-year interaction. Take a look around & exit through the same door. 3.6
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The Reid is named after Dame Seona Reid, director of the GSA (1999-2013) and is a rare bespoke commissioned art school, designed and completed by the award-winning American Architect Steven Holl in 2014.
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A warm welcome to the Reid building, the primary building of the Design School at Glasgow School of Art (GSA).
Product Design Engineering Y2&3
The space just before the glass doors is the Product Design Engineering studio, housing cutting-edge 3D printers & future employees of big companies like Apple, Nike, & Airbus!
5. Interior Design BA(Hons) Interior Design MDes Interior Design
6. Product Design Engineering BEng(Hons)/MEng Product Design Engineering MSc Product Design Engineering
7. Silversmithing & Jewellery
BA(Hons) Silversmithing & Jewellery
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Silversmithing & Jewellery studios
Step through the glass doors and up the ramp to catch a glimpse of the Silversmithing & Jewellery studios, Go up the ramp and through the secret looking fire exit door on the right. 2.6
Silversmithing & Jewellery workshops
Through the corridor on the left & right are the S&J workshops - see if you can spot the 50 year old tree trunk! Step through the door at the end to return to the main space.