Repurpose of the former Wildwalk to create an exciting new visitor attraction for Bristol
Creating an interesting and spectacular journey through a myriad of aquatic environments in themed settings in a complex building was a real challenge
The sunken shipwreck hold
A range of temperate marine tanks and exhibits in the sunken hold
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The tropical reef tank
a relaxing space to contemplate life on the coral reef at the end of the aquarium journey
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Bristol Harbour recreated around the top of the main hold
Several temperate marine tanks located around the large central tank
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The shipwreck tank main tunnel
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The main entrance
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The start of the tropical fish exhibition
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Eyes of wonderment from one of our young visitors
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The challenge
Every successful product is the product of hard work. Intuition alone is not enough to create a product that people will love and use. This project involved a complex building into which a new aquarium based visitor attraction was engineered to provide an exciting and diverse journey around the marine and freshwater environments of the world.
Visitors travel on a journey from the shipwreck exhibit to the botanic house and then to the Bristol Dock themed exhibition, then on to the mangrove margins of a tropical island and past the Amazon exhibit before passing through the tropical marine reef tank.
In each area there are a number of exciting exhibit tanks with fascinating fish, invertebrates and other animals.
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