Life-Long Learning Retreat, Fort William.
The Life-Long Learning Retreat, located in the town centre of Fort William offers a hub of creativity for visitors and residents of the town. Providing a connection to the Scottish Highlands historical industries as the workshop spaces of this multi-use building allows an interactive experience with the traditional and contemporary processes relating to wool production.
The material choices both internal and external create a connection with context, sourcing from local existing industries. The internal timber finishes provide a warmth which relates to the tactile qualities of wool as a material. The external perforated aluminium cladding again relates to wool, but through the ways in which light can pass through a woven surface.
