The Eden Project Dry Tropics Biome The brief for this third
climatic enclosure required the highest possible light levels in
order to grow plants from desert regions. This led to a solution
that differed from that of the previous biomes at Eden.
Parallels may be drawn with nature in the way that two similar
organisms in different environments will often evolve profoundly
different forms. To optimise the light levels in this Biome, key
main structural elements are sited around the perimeter and a
polymer membrane roof is supported on a fine web of tension
wires. The architecture is thus shaped by the environment it
encloses. Client - Eden Project Limited Architects - Grimshaw
(Jolyon Brewis, Bill Horgan, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Michael
Pawlyn) Environmental Engineers - Buro Happold Landscape
Architects - Land Use Consultants Structural Engineers - SKM
Antony Hunt