Post by pigeonpie on Oct 8, 2009 5:50:40 GMT
S’Enclusa Centre expects 177,000 visitors per year
The new Biosphere Reserve Centre at S’Enclusa in Ferreries, work on which will start next year with a 7 million euro grant from the State Government, could attract an average of 177,000 visitors per year and directly generate up to fifteen jobs.
The centre is conceived as a point of information on the Biosphere Reserve, a place for educating students and the public in general on the environment and for research. The complex will comprise 2,274 sq.m. of buildings set in three separate zones and linked by 891 sq.m. of covered passages. Entrance to the centre will be via the southern zone which will house the reception, a terrace bar, several lecture rooms, an exhibition hall, an auditorium for 120 people and a multimedia information area. An environmental research centre, using modern technology, will be created in the central block where there will also be offices. The northern zone will accommodate the laboratory, a general lecture hall and a picnic area. The masts from the former military base which are in this zone will remain for now as no decision has yet been made on their future.
The amount of paved surface has been reduced by 30% in the initial project. Visitors will have to walk from one zone to another and rest areas, information points and viewing points will be incorporated into the plans.
The problem of access to the centre will be solved by the creation of three car parks in Ferreries linked to the site on the mountain by electric shuttle vehicles.
Solar panels and rainwater collection tanks will make the Biosphere Reserve Centre self-sufficient and the buildings will be constructed from traditional material
The new Biosphere Reserve Centre at S’Enclusa in Ferreries, work on which will start next year with a 7 million euro grant from the State Government, could attract an average of 177,000 visitors per year and directly generate up to fifteen jobs.
The centre is conceived as a point of information on the Biosphere Reserve, a place for educating students and the public in general on the environment and for research. The complex will comprise 2,274 sq.m. of buildings set in three separate zones and linked by 891 sq.m. of covered passages. Entrance to the centre will be via the southern zone which will house the reception, a terrace bar, several lecture rooms, an exhibition hall, an auditorium for 120 people and a multimedia information area. An environmental research centre, using modern technology, will be created in the central block where there will also be offices. The northern zone will accommodate the laboratory, a general lecture hall and a picnic area. The masts from the former military base which are in this zone will remain for now as no decision has yet been made on their future.
The amount of paved surface has been reduced by 30% in the initial project. Visitors will have to walk from one zone to another and rest areas, information points and viewing points will be incorporated into the plans.
The problem of access to the centre will be solved by the creation of three car parks in Ferreries linked to the site on the mountain by electric shuttle vehicles.
Solar panels and rainwater collection tanks will make the Biosphere Reserve Centre self-sufficient and the buildings will be constructed from traditional material
