Commissioned by Scottish Canals, these camping bothies are sited in clusters at selected locations along the Caledonian Canal. The bothies are inspired by the box beds used in highland craft houses, micro ‘rooms’ containing just the bed, with vertical sides, a lid and wooden doors. Designed around the optimum size and weight parameters for road haulage, each bothy's simple form is disrupted by a pitched roof with a diagonal ridge. The charred Scottish larch timber cladding is detailed with semi concealed gutters and aluminium trims giving the illusion of it being a solid object. The first two bothies are at Laggan Lock next to the facilities building designed by young architects Sean Douglas and Gavin Murray in collaboration with us. This was one of the Scottish Government's National Scenic Routes commissions - an initiative that addresses the scarcity of opportunity for young architects in the current climate of risk averse public procurement.