Lochranza Distillery

Overview

Isle of Arran Distillers Lochranza Distillery was officially opened in 1995. Since then the site at Lochranza has continued to grow and develop.

Working closely with Isle of Arran Distillers, we designed a new extension to provide increased production facilities at Lochranza Distillery on the Isle of Arran.

Location

Isle of Arran

Client

Isle of Arran Distillers

Budget

Undisclosed

Completion

2023

The brief was to provide accommodation for two No.13,000 litre timber washbacks (fermenters) to supplement the existing washbacks within the facility.

The final design also incorporated future expansion capability, an enhanced visitor experience, improved accessibility and visitor flows to the existing distillery.

Throughout the design process, the visual impact of the new extension was assessed by analysing views towards the facility respecting the sensitive location of the site.

Connections to the existing distillery operations and the surrounding landscape beyond informed the design.The form of this new washback extension is influenced by the curved nature of the timber washbacks and barrels.

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Materials and finishes

The proposal seeks to sit comfortably with the traditional distillery form of the existing buildings while providing a new contemporary appearance that embodies the workings of the distillery process within.

Materials were selected to be both sympathetic to the existing building and showcase the new washbacks. These included exposed concrete, render and bronze anodised aluminium curtain walling.

The addition of external fins on the ground floor screen the production area and also provide solar shading.

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Outcome

The new proposal provides an enhanced visitor experience with level access from the visitor centre and accessibility for all visitors. It also provides the necessary expansion requirements for the distillery process within a dramatic contemporary space.

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Project team

Chris Youd

Architect Director

Joanne Cowan

Architect

Project collaborators

Forsyths

Distillery Specialist


David Narro

Structural & Civil


Gardiner & Theobald

Cost Consultant


BB7

Fire Engineer

DSSR

M&E Engineer


Gardiner & Theobald

Project Manager


David Barbour

Photographer

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