The new Torridon Visitor Centre as an outdoor viewing platform for people to gather, explore and make meaning of the natural and cultural landscape around them.

Torridon Gateway

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Galmstrup_ Torridon Gateway_115_Culture / Museum / Heritage / Community / Exhibition – Materiality / Sustainable

Location
Torridon, Scotland

Competition
2022

Client
National Trust for Scotland

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Rooted in the sites location, right at the intersection between the intense steep mountain face with its ancient rocks sweeping down, and meeting the wide open calm loch - the design creates a shelter for interpretation and gathering.

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Galmstrup_ Torridon Gateway_118_Culture / Museum / Heritage / Community / Exhibition – Materiality / Sustainable
Galmstrup_ Torridon Gateway_119_Culture / Museum / Heritage / Community / Exhibition – Materiality / Sustainable

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