Could camouflage paint obscure factory buildings?
Sir, If I might be allowed the indulgence of yet another letter – not this time about the proposed Lossit fish farm, though linked – I have only now seen George Sharp’s July 1 letter on that subject, in which he writes that he ‘is not aware of any objections to the huge white constructions which house [the wind turbine factory] and can be seen from nearly everywhere.’
I am certainly not diverting energy to opposing this, but I am certainly frequently struck by how needlessly obtrusive these structures are on account of their white paint.
Of course this is a developing industrial zone - making excellent use of what has been typically ugly defence infrastructure – and I wish it all success in expanding and providing employment opportunities, not least in aquaculture.
However, is it too much to hope that, when a repaint becomes due, the new owners might consider some sort of khaki colouring – as is done with so many of the large barns on the Laggan – which is so effective in helping such structures blend with the landscape? The photo below was taken from the old lifeboat station, now research centre, on the Uisead.
Incidentally, in my painting which you kindly reproduced a few weeks back, rather than being ‘offcanvas to the left foreground’ the plans show the proposed structure occupying about one-third of the middle distance.
Of course it was painted before the proposals materialised. Dugald Barr, Machrihanish and London.