The Welcome Building RHS Garden Bridgewater. Worsley Building, Manchester, North West English Architecture
The Welcome Building, RHS Garden Bridgewater Manchester
1 May 2022
Address: Occupation Rd, Worsley, Manchester M28 2LJ
The Welcome Building, RHS Garden Bridgewater, Salford, North West England, UK
6 projects have been awarded RIBA North West Awards.
Design: Hodder and Partners

photo © Peter Cook
The Welcome Building at RHS Garden Bridgewater
Jury Report
A sustainable, engaging and considered ?public pavilion? has been designed and delivered in order to house all amenities for visitors to RHS Garden Bridgewater. From an invited competition, the local community have been consulted in creating a much-loved local asset where visitor numbers have far surpassed expectations through a combination of tourism and community visits. The Welcome Building embraces environmental considerations with ground source heat pumps providing 80% of requirements. Rainwater harvesting, natural cross ventilation and green roofs are also major contributors to the life cycle strategy. The design is highly sustainable and appropriate to context.

photo © Peter Cook
The main building is conceived as a rhythm of tree structures supporting an overarching timber diagrid and accommodates visitor reception, seasonal sales floor, café and garden centre with ?pods? providing office, wc?s and kitchen areas. The flexibility of the design allows pods to be dismantled without disturbing the main she...