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Scott Brownrigg to design East Ayrshire wellness resort


Scott Brownrigg have been appointed to design the 44 hectare masterplan for The Barony, a wellbeing and cultural visitor facility in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Transforming the site of a former coal


mine, The Barony will host 344 holiday ‘villas’, plus a reception, a visitor centre and spa areas, alongside ecological sites that will generate produce and research from an ambitious re-wilding programme. Led by board director Neil MacOmish, Scott Brownrigg have created a concept that “embraces the challenging topography of the site,” commented the practice. There


is a substantial level change from the access road to the north down to the famous Lugar Water, a river at the southern end of the site.


Guiding the design concept was a desire


to “convey a sense of place throughout.” said the architects. The design makes use of the ‘A’ frame of the previous colliery to convey the site’s original heritage, and to mark out a series of zones within the site and a “processional arrival sequence.” Continuing with this idea, the reception building will be “articulated by a transitional, gabion basket stone wall that


acts as the threshold between one world and another.” Working with international tourism


consultant Professor Terry Stevens, the design envisages a “dispersed hotel,” comprising a mix of villas, tree houses and geodesic domes. It is a concept “adeptly suited to the site’s pastoral setting,” said the architects, allowing guests to step out and instantly enjoy their natural surroundings and community.


Following the appointment, a full planning application will be submitted in the first quarter of 2021.


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