Site plan showing three rectangular buildings amid trees and curved paths. The buildings are grouped, two at the top and one at the bottom, surrounded by natural contours and vegetation. Fine lines indicate topography and tree canopies.

Kindrochit

Aberdeenshire, Scotland

2021

Client Artfarm

Buildings · Housing

Situated within the densely wooded area to the south of Braemar, Kindrochit will offer a significant increase in staff accommodation for the recently completed Fife Arms Hotel and future Invercauld Arms Hotel. The project is comprised of two low-impact new build accommodation buildings, which occupy a natural clearning and a dip in the site's contours.

A set of seven architectural diagrams showing different site plans. Each diagram highlights various aspects such as topography, vegetation, pathways, and building placements with different colors and textures.

Aerial view of a residential area with a large green space, marked for new construction, surrounded by trees and houses, architecture by MOXON Architects.

The new buildings are designed to be as low-impact and flexible as possible: raised above ground to minimise disruption to the landscape, and designed as modular timber construction to expedite build time.

Distributing the accommodation across two buildings – as opposed to one large block – allows a mix of domestic scaled buildings, orientated within the contours of the site, and offering greater flexibility in responding to context.