Community Engagement

Community and stakeholder engagement is an important part of every project - for many reasons, none less than ensuring those impacted by new architecture feel included in the process. Alongside Brandnation we have created a community engagement microsite. We are really pleased to be able to share that we have been contacted through the site and the local community has been engaging positively with the planned Merrell Beacon.

The Pilgrim Stones draws inspiration from early visitors to Foula, Britain’s most remote inhabited island. Since Neolithic times people known as Peregini, Latin for “Pilgrim”, have visited Foula – as they navigated by the stars, built in stone and sought solitude.

This modern artefact is a testament to the act of re-orienting the mind and body in the outdoors and sees six inter-connecting wet cast stones create framed views to provide privacy for bird watchers and curated glimpses of the environment.

The design captured the spirit of the competition, enabling visitors to experience and appreciate the natural world in new and interesting ways as well as reflecting nature's benefit on mental health.

The Pilgrim Stones is set to be launched on the island in autumn 2023.