A Commonty of Conservation: Lifelong Learning Retreat

2024/25

Energy adaptive design, flexible space, programme
ecologies, conservation and deep retrofit,
equitable spaces

A design for a workhop and accomodation in the heart of Fort William and Lochaber.
Working on the deep retrofit of an existing building, preserving basic form and structure
whilst developing a new programme which creates an ecology of community reuse,
conservation and repair focused on abandoned rural buildings acros Lochaber, going
beyond extraction to create cycles of appreciation and interaction between tourists and
locals. A building which celebrates the new and embraces the old, where the structure
maintains a physical presence and is highlighted to create unique spatial arrangements.

1:100 existing elevations

ground floor workshop

3rd floor “punch through”

1:200 location section

exploded axonometric

1:200 massing model (site model not mine)

1:50 workhop model

5th floor void

1:15 slice model

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