Aedán Contier-Lawrie

YEAR 3 - AWARD WINNER

UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

“LET SCOTLAND DANCE.

Glasgow was once the heart of avant-garde football. Where did it all go wrong? Through exploration of the city’s footballing foundations and following its journey across the world, the proposal at Govan's historic Graving Docks, aims to change a stubborn attitude that engulfs the game, by challenging it’s portrayal as not simply a tribal battle but instead one of immense gentile and poetic movement where it can stand proudly among the arts. Varying themes were identified through analysis of the game’s exportation to Brazil where the locals took what the Scots gave them and developed it into the ‘Beautiful Game’. In doing so, a strategy was implemented to aid Scotland in developing their game in the hope of returning to our rightful position as the world’s finest footballing nation.”