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Ericht Visitors Centre, Scotland Building, Project, Photo, News, Design,
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Ericht Visitors Centre Scotland : Information
Development by Sutherland Hussey Architects in Perthshire, Scotland
Ericht Visitors
Centre, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
Sutherland Hussey Architects
4 Jun 2009
Design Concept:
The new building is situated along the edge of a steep gorge where
south light, views and the drama of the location can be maximised.
The building is best described as a kind of 'umbrecula' - a large
timber canopy covering a stepped winter-garden. A number of spaces
buried into the hillside open into the central space.

This concept pays homage to the beautiful cane structures used for
berry growing in the area around Blairgowrie - indeed we envisage
that the timber structure will literally be used to grow fruit and
berry canes and that these might, in part, offer a natural means of
solar shade during the summer months as well as strengthening the
relationship of the building to its natural surroundings. Akin to
the Beech Hedge at Meikleour nearby, these can be seen as the 'largest
fruit canes in the world'.
Visitor Approach:
The building is approached from three different directions and at
three different levels
- By car from the Old Military Road
- By foot via a suspension bridge straddled over the Gorge
- By foot from the town centre along the river path
Internal Circulation and organisation:
All three entrances lead the visitor into a large glazed winter-garden.
This space ascends up the slope of the hill as a series of terraces,
which open directly out onto the new terraced landscape to the north
and connect the top of the hill to the river below. Lifts are positioned
at the east end of the building and connect to all activities via
a series of viewing galleries where the winter-garden can be enjoyed
from different positions.
A number of different facilities open onto the winter-garden terraces,
allowing the visitor to enjoy the dramatic relationship to the outside
within the comfort of a tempered and protected environment. The building
would include an Ecology Centre, Education Resource Centre, Fishing
Museum, shops and cafes.
Oakbank Mill and Bramblebank Mill
The scheme also includes a proposal to renovate two listed eighteenth
century Mill Buildings which currently lie derelict.
River Ericht Visitor Centre in Blairgowrie is part of a larger tourism
initiative proposed by the Blairgowrie and Rattray Regeneration Company
and in collaboration with Landuse Consultants, Glasgow.
Key Projects by Sutherland Hussey Architects:
Yingxiu Memorial Museum,
China

Xiling, China

Haymarket
Hotel, Scotland

An
Turas, Tiree, Scotland : Stirling Prize shortlisted

Chengdu Museum, China

Grizedale Forest - Education
Centre, Lake District, England

Burns
Heritage Museum, Alloway, Scotland

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