Portsoy Boatshed
PORTSOY BOATSHED
Brown + Brown Architects
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Rubislaw Associates
LOCATION
Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
CATEGORY
Renovation
CONTRACTOR
G&K Construction
CDM
Safety Scotland Ltd
QUANTITY SURVEYING
John Pascoe Cqs
PHOTOGRAPHS
Nigel Rigden
CLIENT
Scottish Traditional Boat festival
The scheme is a community boatbuilding centre for a charity (Scottish Traditional Boat Festival), located in Portsoy on the North coast of Aberdeenshire.
The building replaces 2 derelict stores, and was partially funded by Aberdeenshire Council, Historic Scotland, and the Aberdeen European Fisheries Fund.
The job essentially comprises a modern timber building, which has been slipped inside a reconstructed stone skin.
Due to the setting of an historic harbour, no new openings were permitted in the stone walls, resulting in most of the natural light coming via a ridge rooflight, which runs the length of the building.
Spaces are provided in the building for the construction of traditional boats, and the teaching of these skills to local school children.
The volunteers from the charity played a large part of the project, and partially constructed the building themselves.
