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Hassell unveils designs for Jodrell Bank space centre

By 2020-02-21T07:00:00

Hassell First Light Pavilion Entrance

Dome shaped structure set to open in 2021

Hassell has revealed designs for a £21m visitor centre at Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire.

“First Light Pavillion” is a circular grass-covered dome seven metres high and 76.2m in diameter, the exact size of the Unesco-listed site’s largest radio telescope.

Hassell has worked with exhibition designers Casson Mann and astronomers from the University of Manchester, the project developer, to ensure the single-storey structure feels “connected to the sky.”

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