Skye cultural centre to strengthen Gaelic heritage
July 19 2018
A new community and heritage centre for the Isle of Skye is on the cards with the emergence of plans by Rural Design Architects for the north of the island at Flodigarry.
A one-hectare site of rough grazing has been identified for the centre on an elevated plot at the foot of the Quirang and will play host to a variety of language, arts and heritage initiatives.
Conceived by Urras Baile Fhlòdaigearraidh the facility wills serve both tourists and locals and is intended to strengthen Gaelic culture in the area by providing an outlet for language, music and dance.
Formed from weathered timber and sheet metal the centre has been conceived to create a distinctive silhouette amidst surrounding rocky escarpments.
In a statement the architects wrote: “The building will be unique and contemporary in appearance, consisting of three main elongated volumes of different proportions lying slightly off perpendicular to the road frontage and elevated relative to it.”
Ten accommodation pods will also be built to provide temporary accommodation for people attending language classes and other events from further afield.
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9 Comments
I am not very sure of how the project ended up on UR (maybe we have a stalker?) it is simply part of a Permission in Principle application, the visuals are purely indicative for this purpose as the the site sits within a national scenic area.
Looks like a nice enough scheme for north Skye which is very representative of Rural Design style. I'm sure it will sit well in the landscape and weather well over time.
Although applications are in the public domain, they're not always easily found by the public. And agents, if they monitor LA portals at all, it's generally only their local Council rather than nation-wide. So please, keep it up UR!
Fine publishing a story, but this web site is obviously benefitting from using images and CGIs created by others.
Should you not be obtaining the creators permission before publishing them?
I don’t think stating they are in the public realm as part of a Planning Application is sufficient grounds to use them yourself for your own financial gain (web traffic/advertising etc...)
We do enforce church & state separation between editorial and advertising and always ensure that any web traffic is directed to the relevant application.
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