What will SnOasis actually look like?
We've tried several ways of bringing home the real impact of the height of the proposed SnOasis buildings - 14 London buses; 2/3rd the height of St Paul’s Cathedral; over 3 times the height of the dreaded Agilent building on the A14 at Ipswich etc. But nothing worked like flying a balloon at near to the correct height to bring home to local people just how enormous the ski-slope will be.
At 242 feet height it will tower over the Suffolk countryside. But it’s also 200 feet wide – almost as wide as it is high! There’s no way we could simulate that with a balloon but with modern digital photo techniques we can give you a pretty good idea. We commissioned a specialised model maker / design studio to photograph the balloon from many different locations around the proposed SnOasis site and build a scale model using the developers own drawings. From this it was possible to build digital images of SnOasis at close to the correct height and orientation.
While these are only intended as a guide to what SnOasis will look like, the results are both stunning and frightening. If you live near to the site and were not concerned about SnOasis before, you should be once you see these images. If the real buildings are anything like them, it could have a significant and negative impact on the value of your house. Remember, it is likely that the building will be lit with high intensity navigation lights because of its proximity to Wattisham. Just imagine the view at night.
Below is a list of villages. Simply click on the picture by the village where you want to view SnOasis, then click on the street or location.
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