| 词条 | Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre (The Tube) |
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For the current Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre, see Wales Millennium Centre{{Infobox building | name = Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre | native_name = | native_name_lang = | former_names = | alternate_names = The Tube | status = Dismantled | image = Cardiff Bay visitor centre - geograph.org.uk - 832145.jpg | image_alt = | image_size = | caption = The Tube in 2008 | map_type = | map_alt = | map_caption = | altitude = | building_type = | architectural_style = | structural_system = | cost = | ren_cost = | client = CBDC | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = Cardiff Bay | address = | location_town = Cardiff | location_country = Wales | coordinates = | groundbreaking_date = | start_date = | completion_date = 1991 | opened_date = | inauguration_date = | renovation_date = | demolition_date = 2010 | destruction_date = | height = | diameter = | antenna_spire = | roof = | top_floor = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | seating_type = | seating_capacity = | elevator_count = | main_contractor = | architect = | architecture_firm = Alsop, Lyall & Stormer[1] | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | awards = RIBA Regional Award (1991) RIBA National Award (1992)[2] | designations = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_awards = | parking = | url = | embedded = | references = }}Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre (known informally as 'the Tube') was a piece of modern architecture designed by the architect Wil Alsop for Cardiff Bay, Wales, in 1990. It was finally dismantled in 2010. A panel of architectural experts has said the building "single-handedly put Cardiff on the architectural map".[3] Design and constructionArchitect Wil Alsop was already involved in the development of the Cardiff Bay Barrage when asked, by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation (CBDC), to design a visitors' centre. The building was completed during the Summer of 1990,[3] located close to the Victorian Pierhead Building.[1] It cost somewhere between £350,000[3] and £500,000[7] and was intended to last only five years.[1][7] The new building was in the shape of a long flattened tube, glazed at each end. Alsop liked to compare its shape to a disposable cigarette lighter.[3] It was constructed using a series of oval steel ribs, clad with marine plywood and covered with external skin of PVC sheeting.[3][4] Ripple-like slots were cut into the plywood, allowing dappled daylight into the interior.[1] It was shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Building of the Year award (forerunner of the Stirling Prize).[3] The visitor centre was built to house an exhibition about the new Cardiff Bay development.[3] In 1993 the building needed to be moved from its location east of the Pierhead Building. Rather than permanently dismantle it, the structure was put on the back of a low-loader truck and moved to another part of the Bay.[3] It continued to house interactive exhibitions and a scale model of Cardiff.[17] Because of its distinctive shape, the visitor centre became known locally as 'The Tube'.[7][17] In 2009 it was listed ninth in the Top Ten free attractions in Wales.[5] Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre was listed by a panel of experts as one of the Top 50 Buildings of the 1990s, saying the building had "single-handedly put Cardiff on the architectural map".[6] Later eventsIn 2006 the building's operators, Cardiff Initiative, ceased trading and The Tube closed for several weeks, reopening under the management of Cardiff Council.[7] The Tube was finally dismantled (and put into storage) in Autumn 2010 to make way for a new link road.[8] "I'm surprised it's lasted this long," said original project architect John Lyall.[8] Awards
References1. ^1 2 3 John Newman, "The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan", University of Wales Press (1995), p. 267, {{ISBN|0-14-071056-6}} 2. ^1 2 Iona Spens (Ed.), "Architectural Monographs No. 33: William Alsop and Jan Stormer", Academy Editions (1993), Biographies, Selected Projects and Awards p. 144, {{ISBN|1-85490-263-6}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Kenneth Powell, "Will Alsop book 1", Lawrence King Publishing (2001), pp. 177–179, {{ISBN|1-85669-238-8}} 4. ^Cardiff Bay Visitors Centre, Architen Landrell. Retrieved 18 March 2012. 5. ^Martin Shipton, Cardiff promotion needs a rethink, South Wales Echo, 18 December 2009. Online version retrieved 18 March 2012. 6. ^1 Fiona Sturges, [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-50-best-the-best-buildings-of-the-nineties-1175777.html The 50 Best; THE BEST BUILDINGS; OF THE NINETIES], The Independent, 3 October 1998. Online version retrieved 18 March 2012. 7. ^1 2 Phillip Nifield, Visitor centre back in business, South Wales Echo, 25 February 2006. Online version retrieved 18 March 2012. 8. ^1 2 3 4 Visitor Centre to be dismantled, Building Design, Issue 1933, 17 September 2010, p. 2 External links
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