The Genesis Project, which opened in 2006, is based at Somerset College of Arts and Technology, is a single story centre consisting of several pavilions built from environmentally friendly materials such as straw, timber, earth and clay.
The pavilions contain seminar rooms and lecture theatres with exhibition space promoting the very latest in sustainable technology, along with a construction area where visitors can see practical demonstrations of sustainable construction techniques.
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