| COMMERCIAL | NEW-BUILD | GREEN BELT |
| CONCEPT |
Running alongside our Home Farm project in Long Eaton, the Client commissioned us as the architectural designer to carry out a feasibility study on an Attenborough Lakes leisure and eco-tourism development in 2020. The brief was simple; to create a site with recreation and leisure as it’s focus, adding to the nearby Spring Lakes Development and Attenborough Nature Centre as eco-tourism gateways in to the adjacent Attenborough Nature Reserve.
To follow but not replicate the aforementioned attractions, our proposal for the site took the form of a camping/glamping development, along with ancillary elements including a children’s play area, fishing ponds and a central hub with changing/washing/shopping facilities.
Site layout followed the principles of maintaining as much openness as possible (critical within the green belt), maintaining existing links to the nature reserve and creating a variety of activities and camping options from individual tents to 6-bed glamping pods.
The concept of the central hub was designed to minimise it’s visual impact on the surrounding nature reserve/green belt zone. For this, it would be single-storey with a flat roof (potential for green/blue roof) and encompass a natural material palette such as timber cladding.
The final design for the Attenborough Lakes Development creates a positive addition to the surround green belt zone and nature reserve. Bringing opportunities for the local economy in terms eco-tourism and employment while creating an extra, more integrated, way for people to enjoy the wider nature reserve.
For more clarity on the particulars of services provided on this project, please see our concept design package pages.