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fearing that low level render would be a target for vandals and instead opted for Trespa panelling. The construction team also switched the internal camera suppliers to Poolview. The changes were achieved without friction as the client, architect and contractor hold fortnightly meetings to go through any design changes. An illuminated climbing wall at the front of the leisure
centre is another key design feature, while there are three full-size football pitches with both grass and artificial surfaces supplied and installed by S&C Slatter. Sustainability is also central and the project features a
combined heat and power system using waste heat from the pool hall, photovoltaic panels on the roof and landscape planting to encourage diversity. With a seven-acre site bordering on fields, landscaping was particularly important to the project. As part of the construction work, 20,000 m3
team, who used a cut-and-fill analysis to ensure none of this went to landfill. Instead, the levels were adjusted to accommo- date the excavations. This made the landscape design particu- larly important. Consultant Oobe is carrying out the landscape design work.
This package will cost around £800,000 and include the planting of 4,800 trees and 50,000 shrubs around the site.
Marking a new beginning
For GT+3, the project will symbolise the start of a new era, as when design work began on the project, the designers were known simply as GT Architects. In April 2016, the Nottingham practice merged with Tyneside-based +3 Architects to create GT+3 Architects and the newly formed practice will be credited with the Edenbrook design. The quality of the design work evidenced on this project
of spoil was stripped off the site early on by Willmott Dixon’s construction
appears to have been noticed already – soon after the merger, GT+3 landed a commission to design another new leisure
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