Title & Author:

The Eden Project / [presented by] Andrew Whalley (Grimshaw & Partners).

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 2001.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (34 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Andrew Whalley -- View Of Biomes From Visitor Centre -- The Disused Quarry -- 3D Model Of Quarry -- Early Eden Model -- Initial Sketches By Andrew Whalley -- Computer Generated Image -- Bees & Beehive -- Plan. Site Arrangement -- Visitors' Centre. Exterior -- Visitors' Centre. Interior -- Approach To Link Building -- Drawings Of Dragonfly's Wing -- Wind Tunnel Model -- Cross Section Through Largest Span In Humid-Tropic Biome -- Full Size Mock-Up Of EFTE Pillow Being Tested -- Detail Of Biome Node With Foil Extrusion -- Long Section Through All The Biomes -- Final Built Form Of A Biome, With Abseiler -- Link Building Between The Two Biomes -- Aerial Photo Of The Project -- Inside The Humid-Tropics Biome

Summary:

The Eden Project is an ongoing project in a disused quarry in Cornwall, where the largest plant enclosure in the world has been erected. The principal structures on the site are a sequence of great transparent domes or biomes - providing two climatic zones, humid-tropical and warm-temperate; a building linking them and a hilltop visitor centre; all designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners. His partner Andrew Whalley, who is in charge of the project, describes the development of this remarkable and beautiful scheme. Since this recording was made, a third biome is being added, to house the desert environment.

Subject:

Sustainable architecture Great Britain.
Architectural design Great Britain.
Architecture durable Grande-Bretagne.
Design architectural Grande-Bretagne.
Architectural design.
Sustainable architecture.
Great Britain.

Added entries:

Whalley, Andrew, narrator.