Wetlands Conservation Centre
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire
Client:
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Project value:
£3.5m
Brief:
To redevelop the buildings on the site to improve visitor facilities
Sustainability Initiatives:
Low embodied energy, high insulation standards, stack effect ventilation
The Slimbridge 2000 Centre, partly funded by the Millennium Commission, is a collection of new visitor facilities at the Slimbridge headquarters of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire.
The revamped site is part refurbishment of existing buildings but mainly new build, including entrance/exhibition spaces, offices, restaurant, shop and an 18m high observation tower with views across the Severn estuary. In addition there were extensive landscaping works including water bodies and reed beds. The centre receives 300,000 visitors per annum.
Winner: Civic Trust Award 2001
Winner: Wycliffe Shield Award 2000
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