This boat-building and educational centre for the local community is built upon the ruins of a derelict building in Portsoy harbour on the North coast of Scotland. 

As a centre of maritime culture and history, this is an important project for Portsoy — used for the construction of timber boats, the building is also used for the teaching of traditional boat building skills to people of all ages, largely from the local community. Members of the community also helped in its construction. 

A primary Glulam (engineered timber) was created to form a roof on the repaired original stone walls of the building. The result is a large industrial-like work space, which is lined in birch-plywood in contrast with the exposed stonework elements — creating a practical but warm interior.

The building was commissioned by the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival, whose volunteers were instrumental in completion of the project. Allowing the community to shape the space, which is so important to the preservation of this local craft, was a key principle of the project.

The project was partly funded by Aberdeenshire Council, CARS (a collaboration between Aberdeenshire Council and Historic Scotland) and the Aberdeenshire European Fisheries Fund.