Blue Sky events is an organisation that devices and runs large outdoor events. They have been commissioned to organise and run an event for four months over the summer period in a Welsh slate quarry. The event is an outdoor adventure experience where groups can book a week at a time to experience the wilds of central Wales. A local development agency, a couple of charities working with underprivileged youngsters and some European regeneration money has been made available for the venture.
The administrative offices make us of the original quarry building. This is a two storey building that also accommodates a shop, a restaurant, entertainment facilities and a 20 seat IT workshop. Twenty cabins are to be built here to accommodate visitors with mobility issues. These are known as the Home cabins and are in two groups either side of the main complex. Each of the Home cabins has two bedrooms Small kitchen, wet room and lounge.
The remaining accommodation will be grouped in six ‘islands’ arranged around the quarry floor. Each of the island cabins has three twin bed bedrooms, shower room, lounge and kitchen/diner.
The proposed plans are reproduced below. Note that as part of the Local Council conditions for using the site they have stipulated that considering the temporary nature of the venture, the geology and ecological considerations, no external cable can be run more than 30 meters so each cabin ‘island’ will be provided with its own solar, wind and backup diesel generators. (Note that the gap between adjacent Home cabins and those on each island is less than 30 metres)