Great Fen Visitor Centre
Image: Shiro Studio
Competition-winning entry for a £2 million visitor centre for the 3,700 hectare Great Fen habitat restoration project in Cambridgeshire.
Location: Cambridgeshire
Client: The Great Fen Partnership
Architect: Shiro Studio
The design for the new Great Fen Visitor Centre explores how Architecture can conspire with Nature to create a serene and confident juxtaposition between modernity and the rich and complex history of the fen landscape.
The wider landscape within the 27-hectare site area is a mosaic of fenland habitats (as part of the fenland restoration works). Immediately surrounding the Centre are a series of ‘microcosms’ of the wider fenland landscape of colourful plants, water and reeds.
