The
River Trent, sailing lake and marina adjacent to the site.
This shows the limited access and the lack of main services.
Riverside site before construction
Piling and boring for fresh
water supply
Shuttering for the formation
of the basement boathouse
Basement works completed
Pre cast concrete flooring
for ground floor level
Steel work for ground and
first floor levels
Finished Structure
One of the approach
walkways from the car park
Front elevation -
facing away from the river
The basement boat
house and slipway to the lake
The roof showing the voltaic cells
and solar panels
Building blending into
the park landscape
Exterior showing the self
sufficiency in energy
View of turbine and roof cells
Internal view of battery
bank connected to cells
Internal view of controls
connected to turbine
Colwick Park Adventure Centre
Built for Nottingham City Council, this is a centre reliant
on renewable energy throughout.
There are no external services to the centre in any form, but the centre
is equipped
with all normal facilities found in a sport's centre and the site covers two floors and a
basement boathouse.
Renewable energy is provided by solar and voltaic panels on the
roof, a wind turbine and a wood burning
stove to give direct heat.
Fresh (filtered) water is supplied from a nearby bore hole and there is a large
storage
container for waste products. The basement area is built to allow for possible flooding.
The centre is approximately 1 mile from the nearest accessible public
highway.
