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Eden Project
| Eden Project | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Multiple greenhouse complex |
| Architectural style | Inspired by James T. Baldwin's Pillow Dome[1] |
| Location | Cornwall, England |
| Coordinates | 50°21′43″N 4°44′41″W / 50.36194°N 4.74472°W |
| Completed | May 2000 |
| Opened | 17 March 2001 |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Steel frame and thermoplastic |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Grimshaw Architects |
| Structural engineer | Anthony Hunt and Associates |
| Services engineer | Arup |
The Eden Project (Cornish: Edenva) is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay pit.[2]
The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species,[3] and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The biomes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) inflated cells supported by geodesic tubular steel domes. The larger of the two biomes simulates a rainforest environment (and is the largest indoor rainforest in the world)[4] and the second, a Mediterranean environment.
The attraction also has an outside botanical garden which is home to many plants and wildlife native to Cornwall and the UK in general; it also has many plants that provide an important and interesting backstory, for example, those with a prehistoric heritage.
There are plans to build an Eden Project North in the seaside town of Morecambe, Lancashire, with a focus on the marine environment.
- ^ Baldwin, James T. "The Pillow Dome" (PDF). The Buckminster Fuller Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map 107 – Fowey, Looe & Lostwithiel. ISBN 0-319-23708-7.
- ^ "Rainforest Biome". Eden project. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ Morris, Steven (8 May 2020). "Lizards, vines, papayas: working solo in the Eden Project during lockdown". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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