Eden Project

Eden Project
Eden Project
General information
Type	Multiple greenhouse complex
Architectural style	Inspired by James T. Baldwin's Pillow Dome
Location	St Blazey, 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, located 2 km (1.2 mi) from the town of St Blazey and 5 km (3 mi) from the larger town of St Austell.^[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.

[1] Baldwin, James T. "The Pillow Dome" (PDF). The Buckminster Fuller Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[osexp1-2] Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map 107 – Fowey, Looe & Lostwithiel. ISBN 0-319-23708-7.

[3] "Rainforest Biome". Eden project. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.

[4] 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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