Details
Project Type
Regeneration of Historic Buildings
Duration
16 Months
Size
26000 Sq ft
Scottish Borders Council
Heart of Hawick, Scottish Borders
GHI were challenged to completely renovate two derelict buildings originally used as woollen mill and a corn exchange, which were stripped to shell and core. The regeneration required extensive structural steel reinforcement and substantial internal re-construction to deliver multi-functional modern facilities while retaining listed historical characteristics.
Towermill
GHI constructed four floors within this former mill building to provide new arts & crafts studios retail and office space, as well as a cantilevered, galleried café over the river Slitrig.
GHI also delivered a flexible space theatre with acoustic timber panelling, dressing rooms, adaptable studio lighting, and fibre optic handrail safety lights.
Additionally, visitors to Towermill can view the historic waterwheel through a reinforced glass floor and use interactive podium controls linked to underwater cameras.
Heritage Hub
The Heritage Hub, designed to protect a wealth of irreplaceable documentation from the Borders Region features highly specified, four-hour, fire rated doors, mechanical shelving units and specialist air conditioning to provide a climate controlled, dust free environment.
Sustainability was a prime consideration for this project and has been delivered in both the Hub and Towermill through energy efficient building services systems.
