Visitors centres
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about visitors centres
Project • By nassereddine chaib • Hotels
camel cave visitors center
The Visitors and Researchers Center, nestled in the Berkane Mountains, is a site that offers visitors a breathtaking panoramic view of the horizon. Inspired by the traditional rural housing found in the region, this center is designed to harmoniously blend with its surroundings and reflect the vernacular architecture of the area. The building program of the center is distributed across different volumes, each carefully designed with varying heights and volumes. This intentional variation creates a harmonious composition that pays homage to the traditional housing in the region. The volumes are strategically rotated to anchor the center to the site and seamlessly integrate it into the natural landscape.
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Project • By heneghan peng architects • Visitor Center
Giant and Causeway Visitor Centre
The project is located at the ridgeline of the North Antrim coast at the gateway to the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The proposal for the new visitor facilities can be understood as two folds into the landscape. One folds upwards revealing the building and the second folds down to form the carpark and shield it from view of the approach road and coastal path. Between the two folds, a ramp leads to the coastal ridgeline which is restored at this location.
The visitor’s centre at the Giant’s Causeway is experienced as an event along the route to the Causeway and the coastline. It is a carefully sculpted intervention into this landscape which is both visible and invisible, invisible from the cliffside yet recognisable from the lan... More