Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University
| Date | 18 April 2015 | ||
| Location | Bangor | SH 57710 71943; 53.22540°N, 4.13288°W | |
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The School of Biological Sciences is housed in three adjacent blocks in Bangor University’s Deiniol Road site: the Brambell Building, Environment Centre Wales, and the Memorial Building. Environment Centre Wales is a joint venture between the Natural Environment Research Council’s Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and Bangor University. The purpose-built facility, designed by architects Fairhursts Design Group, was completed in 2007 at a cost of £5.8 million and was opened the following year by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The building, set in landscaped surroundings, houses state-of-the-art laboratories and was designed with the aim of reducing its impact on the environment. Its environmentally friendly features include: ground-source heat pumps for air conditioning; generation of solar electricity; recovery of rainwater; and a combined heat and power (CHP) plant for more efficient use of fossil fuels. Further Reading Prime Minister Gordon Brown opens new ‘Environment Centre Wales’ (NERC);
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Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University
Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University
Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University
Environment Centre Wales (L), Chemistry Tower (Centre) and the Memorial Building (R)
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I’ve often wondered about this building and what it does…thanks for the super photos and information. I’ve watched it weather and settle in over the last 7 years or so and your shots capture that feeling rather well.
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I have similarly admired this building in passing many times, but only stopped to have a proper look when I was at the open day of the Brambell museum next door.
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Our new canteen, sorry, staff restaurant, at work is clad in wood like this, and I’ve often wondered how well it will age. Quite well it would appear if this is anything to go by.
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I wonder what’s the purpose of the three blocks of stone in the third picture?
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Anti-tank blockade 😉 Actually, they are, I assume, for sitting on!
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I was thinking they might serve as benches… but given the place, thought they could be, let’s say, a sundial too lol 🙂 anti-tank sundial maybe 😀
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Please go back there and visit in a month or so when those footpaths are lined with gorgeous wild flowers! They will make stunning photos and they brighten up all those edges and textures in beautiful contrast.
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Will keep an eye out for that!
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Have you been back there lately? It looked stunning last time I passed, with a riot of colourful wild flowers waist high! Pleeez add these to your photos, they are a fine addition to the building design.
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Hi Sam. Funny you should mention that – I saw the flowers briefly this evening as I drove past after collecting a Chinese takeaway for tea and thought they looked marvellous. I’ll try to stop there this weekend to take some more photos – so keep an eye out for a new blog post sometime soon 🙂
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I look forward to that 🙂 I can’t pass there very often at present & I think it is a beautiful scene, lasting just a few precious weeks each year.
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I passed the centre yesterday, the flowers are all standing tall. I don’t like flowers much, as you know, but I have to admit, they looked very fine and something really special. Thanks for alerting me – it is certainly very special and all credit to the centre for it..
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