Visiting Eden

John Hill
12. April 2017

PROJECT DETAILS

Architects

Tate Harmer

Contractor
TBC

Client
The Eden Project

Interiors
Devon Interiors

Structural engineer
Airey and Coles

M&E engineer
Hoare Lea

Landscape architect
Greysmith Associates

All images courtesy of Tate Harmer

The Eden Project, which opened to the public on Easter Sunday in 2001, is known for its biomes with ETFE foil pillows covering the hexagonal frames. By comparison, Tate Harmer's design, made from locally sourced materials (stone and wood), appears backwards – a vernacular foil to Grimshaw's technological optimism. Nevertheless, both projects offer, in the words of Tate Harmer, "high standards of accessibility, energy-efficiency and sustainability" in the Cornish landscape.

The £8.5million hotel at The Eden Project will consist of 109 rooms, a restaurant, and educational facilities in three- and four-story volumes. The project responds to the more than one million annual visitors to The Eden Project. Construction is expected to start later this year with completion due in 2018.

Model
Lower level plan
Upper level plan
Elevation

PROJECT DETAILS

Architects

Tate Harmer

Contractor
TBC

Client
The Eden Project

Interiors
Devon Interiors

Structural engineer
Airey and Coles

M&E engineer
Hoare Lea

Landscape architect
Greysmith Associates

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