RIBA: Brockholes Visitor Centre Shortlist
ANNOUNCEMENT
61 architects from all over Europe submitted designs for the centre, which will include a café, shop, gallery, education and meeting rooms. The emphasis was on conceiving a practical, affordable and sustainable design, which would symbolise the aspirations of the Wildlife Trust for the reserve.
The five shortlisted architects, in alphabetical order, are:
Adam Khan Architects
Arca
Architecture 2B
AY Architects
McDowell + Benedetti
They go forward to a final judging on 1 November. The judging panel includes Wayne Hemingway, founder of fashion house Red or Dead and key player in the drive to regenerate Pennine Lancashire.
All the designs will be available to view at the trust's headquarters, The Barn, Berkeley Drive, Bamber Bridge PR5 6BY, between 9am and 4pm weekdays from Monday 8 October until the end of the month. Members of the public are invited to view the shortlisted entries and leave their comments on their favourite and least favourite designs.
Brockholes is a 106 hectare former quarry site that sits in a key strategic location aside junction 31 of the M6 motorway. It is the latest site to be purchased through Newlands – a £59 million, NWDA-funded Forestry Commission-managed regeneration scheme that is transforming over 900 hectares of the north west brownfield land into community woodland and green space.
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61 architects from all over Europe submitted designs for the centre, which will include a café, shop, gallery, education and meeting rooms. The emphasis was on conceiving a practical, affordable and sustainable design, which would symbolise the aspirations of the Wildlife Trust for the reserve.
The five shortlisted architects, in alphabetical order, are:
They go forward to a final judging on 1 November. The judging panel includes Wayne Hemingway, founder of fashion house Red or Dead and key player in the drive to regenerate Pennine Lancashire.
All the designs will be available to view at the trust's headquarters, The Barn, Berkeley Drive, Bamber Bridge PR5 6BY, between 9am and 4pm weekdays from Monday 8 October until the end of the month. Members of the public are invited to view the shortlisted entries and leave their comments on their favourite and least favourite designs.
Brockholes is a 106 hectare former quarry site that sits in a key strategic location aside junction 31 of the M6 motorway. It is the latest site to be purchased through Newlands – a £59 million, NWDA-funded Forestry Commission-managed regeneration scheme that is transforming over 900 hectares of the north west brownfield land into community woodland and green space.
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Read RIBA ARTICLES on TAXI Design Network
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