Children and grownups discover the capabilities of boatbuilding within this harbour-side stone construction that Scottish firm Brown + Brown has up to date with a modern wooden roof.
Aberdeen-primarily based Brown + Brown created the facility for Portsoy, a village on Scotland’s north coast. It occupies the only two blocks in the historic harbour that aren’t heritage-listed, the two of which were formerly derelict and in dire require of renovation.
“A single was fully ruinous, whilst the other had a ramshackle tin roof, and was utilized to shop the odd rowing boat and junk,” explained architect and studio co-founder Andrew Brown. “But you could see the prospective in their authentic stonework.”
The quick was for a neighborhood boatbuilding centre to be run by the Scottish Conventional Boat Festival, a regional charity. The demands have been for it to be robust and hardwearing, but also to match in with its setting and provide ample room for its purpose.
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The group chose to develop a new structure that slots into the current stone walls. This allowed them to create a contemporary wooden interior that is largely undetectable from the outside.
“From the first ideas, we worked on the notion of sliding a contemporary constructing within a repaired stone skin,” Brown informed Dezeen.
“We needed to develop a warm interior that would contrast with the difficult stone, which clearly has to deal with the intense weather of its coastal area,” he stated.
There were very handful of windows, but rather than punching holes via the stonework, the crew though it would be much better to develop a skylight that runs along the length of the roof. This assures the room receives loads of daylight.
“The only part of the external elevations that hints at the modern day interior is the glazed curtain wall, which spans the empty area that previously existed among the two ruins, and gives an entrance and focal point to enable guests and travelers to observe the boatbuilding taking location inside,” added the architect.
The Portsoy Boatbuilding Centre was funded by 3 bodies: Aberdeenshire Council, Historic Scotland, and the Aberdeen European Fisheries Fund.
The budget was tight, but volunteers from the charity assisted to develop the new wooden structure. It comprises each glue-laminated beams and plywood panels – components that the employees were presently familiar with making use of.
“This was extremely critical as it aided the consumers come to feel a sense of ownership of the room – not only did they partially construct it, but they are capable of altering and adapting it to suit the requirements of their boatbuilding,” added Brown.
Other latest examples of workshop buildings consist of a Cambridge shed created to the proportions of a hand-me-down workbench and a university model-creating studio with walls that fold open.
Photography is by Nigel Rigden.
Drawing of Portsoy Boatbuilding Centre – click for bigger image 
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