Snowdon Summit Visitor Centre (Hafod Eryi)
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Visitor centre and station for the Snowdon Mountain Railway built at the peak of Snowdon on the footprint of a former cafe
At 1,085m this visitor centre is the highest building in the UK and responds to one of the most extreme climatic locations in the world.
To optimise the volume and energy requirement the building has been carefully sculpted, using natural stone from the area to withstand the harsh weather, but also to reduce both its visual and wind signature.
The building is steel-framed, clad first in an aluminium shell with standing seams and then enveloped in granite; the stone was finished in situ.
Data
- Begun: Sep 2006
- Completed: Sep 2009
- Floor area: 700m2
- Sectors: Arts and culture, Sports and leisure
- Total cost: £8.3M
- Funding: European Union, Welsh Assembly, Snowdonia National Park Authority and public donations
- Tender date: Jan 2006
- Procurement: Guaranteed maximum price design and build contract
- CO2 Emissions: 24kg/m2/year
- Address: Snowdon Mountain Railway, Llanberis, Gwynedd, LL55 4TY, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Ray Hole Architects
- Project architect: Garry Reynolds
- Client: Snowdonia National Parks Authority
- Project manager: Jacobs Babtie
- Quantity surveyor: Jacobs Babtie
- Structural engineer: Arup
- M&E consultant: Arup
- Planning supervisor: DMS Architects
- Interpretation Design: Furneaux Stewart
- Main contractor: Carillion Building