Wisley Glasshouse, Surrey, United Kingdom
Key Data:
Glasshouse Footprint
3,000m²
Glasshouse Height
12m
Project Timeline:
Building Work Began
November 2005
Old Display Glasshouse Closed
Spring 2006
Construction Completed
Spring 2007
Official Opening
26 June 2007
Key Players:
Project Sponsor
Royal Horticultural Society
Rainwater Harvesting System
Marley Plumbing and Drainage
Glasshouse Design
Smiemans Projecten
Architect
Peter van der Toorn Vrijthoff
Glasshouse Setting & Interior Landscape
Colvin and Moggridge
Root Zone Designer
Neal Potter
Outside Garden
Tom Stuart Smith
Teaching Garden
Cleve West
Storage Tank:
Volume
54m³
Construction
Three layers of Waterloc cells
Waterloc Cell Data
Cell Volume
250l
Vertical Loading
160kN/m² (16 tonnes/m²)
Weight
10kg
Porosity Ratio
96%
System Filtration
3xself-cleaning filter units
Overflow
Discharge to river via weir chamber
Lake Reservoir Volume
6 million litres
Total Project Cost
$8.5m
