Senedd

Thursday, we went to the Senedd which is the Welsh Assembly building，located in the cardiff bay.
The docent told us the Welsh Assembly Government is working to help improve the lives of people in Wales and make our nation a better place in which to live and work. The Senedd was designed by Richard Rogers. The roof is not similar with the traditional roof, it looks like the waves of the sea. It is said that easily to collect the rainwater, and let them flush the toilets in the building. The whole building have not air-conditioning, when the summer coming, the top of the glass windows will be open, the sea wind will get the fresh sea wind into the building. In the winter, water is pumped through pipes which were drilled 100m below ground and heated to 14℃ by geothermal energy. The hot water is pumped back up to the slate floor to warm the building temperature. Every year, it can save 50% energy fee.

During the docent was talked about the debating chamber time, a assembly member came to introduce them daily work, when the questions time, a student asked whether reduce our international student tuition fee, and the assembly member smiled said the education is a topic of their discuss.

When we visited after the Senedd, we walked along the sea, the sunset irradiated on our shoulder, I told myself, even after two years I will leave here, the memory will never disappear. The cardiff and my whole university life will always in my mind.