Details of the long-awaited proposals to bring the Eden Project to Dundee were revealed in the local press on 21 May. Following a feasibility study, the extensive site of the former gas works between East Dock Street and Broughty Ferry Road has been identified as the preferred location.
Two hundred years ago, this was where the waters of the Tay estuary met the shore below the eastern ‘sea braes’. The site affords much creative potential. Eden Project’s plans envisage a repurposed gasholder dominating the skyline, a massive walled garden and a bridge spanning East Dock Street and the railway, providing a link with City Quay.
The visitor experience will be organised around a series of nine ‘Guilds’, inviting alternative ways of perceiving the world. This is an echo of the city’s familiar Nine Incorporated Trades.
A memorandum of understanding has now been signed with the owners of the gas works site. After a further three to four months of design work, Eden Project Dundee intends to release further details.
Dundee Civic Trust has been very supportive of the plan to establish Scotland’s Eden Project in the city. We look forward to the development of this addition to our growing number of visitor attractions.
https://www.edenproject.com/2021/05/eden-project-signs-agreement-preferred-dundee-site