Peter Whitfield

BSc (Hons) Architectural Design & Technology


Cardiff Waterside Arts Centre – ‘The Spring’

The project being exhibited is a proposed design for a new Arts Centre which is 12 floors high providing 13500 m2 of accommodation including a cinema, theatre/performance space, dance /aerobic classes, gallery/exhibition space, educational facilities/adult classes, life drawing classes/studios/workshops, reading room, cafe/bar, crèche and shops. Provision is also made for storage, plant room, goods inward and deliveries, building services mechanical electrical and plumbing, fire escapes external and internal, staff recreational facilities, office administration space, reception, ticket office, sanitary facilities including disabled access, vertical movement elevators/escalators, waste storage and removal.

The development is predominantly glass with an external helical structure giving the building the characteristic form of a ‘Spring’ in external appearance.

The building is a steel frame structure and the steel will be exposed periodically on the inside of the building to enhance the appearance as described. The inside of the building will encourage free unrestricted movement around the building whilst respecting and accommodating the various independent and varying uses of the building.

Location: ‘The Spring’ is located in the newly developed district of Cardiff Waterside located in Cardiff Bay, Europe’s largest waterfront development. Completed in 1999, it has created a 500 acre freshwater lake with 8 miles of waterfront which has stimulated the development of the Bay as a tourist and leisure destination.

Views overlooking a freshwater lake with uninterrupted views across the barrage can be obtained from the front of the building with uninterrupted views of ‘The Senedd’ building from the rear of the building.

Other Exhibitors:

Jaidon Venner

Jaidon Venner

Hi, my name is Jaidon Venner. I have been studying Architectural Design & Technology (BSc Hons) for the last 3 years at Cardiff Metropolitan University. I have really enjoyed my studies at university, especially while digitally working on programs such as Revit...

Maddison Isobelle Pearce

Maddison Isobelle Pearce

My name is Maddi, and I am a BSc Architectural Design and Technology student. This is my ADZ6888 summer show submission “The Boardwalk Hotel”. It is a four star business hotel proposed for a site in Cardiff Bay around the marina. The hotel is a Seven story tower and...

Tom Rees

Tom Rees

Returning to education to study Architectural Technology has been an ambition that I am pleased to have pursued. This project displays a culmination of what I have learnt over my time studying the subject and I hope that it demonstrates my passion and dedication...

Hashan Paranathala

Hashan Paranathala

My name is Hashan, I am a third-year student at Cardiff Metropolitan University studying Architectural Technology. In this project I am a Chartered architectural technologist as well as the Designer/Marketing and I.T. Manager for Iktinus UK. In this project leisure...

Mia Wild

Mia Wild

Howdy! My name is Mia Wild, I am a 3rd year international Architectural Design and Technology student from Buffalo, New York, USA. Displayed is my final year Cardiff Bay Hotel Project which features realistic rendered images, construction drawings and compliances with...

Ross O’Leary

Ross O’Leary

Hi, my name is Ross. I am an Architectural Design & Technology student. This is my hotel Omni project. The brief for the project was to design a ten-storey, four-star hotel, able to accommodate between 100 and 300 guests ,on an open site located in Cardiff Bay....