Tender for Feasibility Study for New Interpretive Centre and Visitor Experience at Bull Island

Tender description

This contract has been awarded to Henchion & Reuter Architect. Date of Award - 20/11/13 9 submissions were received. Tenders are invited from suitably qualified architects to lead a team of experienced professionals to include most importantly Interpretive Consultants but also Environmental Planners and Quantity Surveyors to work with the steering committee to carry out a feasibility study which will include a sustainable plan and concept design for a highly innovative and accessible new Interpretive Centre and Visitor Experience at Bull Island. Dublin City Council wishes to promote the natural heritage of the UNESCO designated Bull Island Biosphere and wish to consider the infrastructural interventions appropriate for it to be an international standard interpretive centre for the terrestrial and marine ecology of the island and Dublin bay. This feasibility study is a partnership between Dublin City Council, Dublin Port and Fáilte Ireland. Representatives of these bodies form the steering committee. The study should consider the existing activities on the island and propose a masterplan which will minimize any adverse impacts on the ecology of the Biosphere reserve into the future. The study should also assess the potential numbers of visitors to an international standard interpretive centre at Bull Island, what capacity is required to accommodate such visitor numbers and illustrate leading exemplars of interpretation which could be utilized to provide an educational, memorable and entertaining insight into the Biosphere’s Natural Heritage including terrestrial and marine life. All potential audiences should be catered for and the study should embrace all current and future uses on Bull Island.