dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Paris, Île-de-France, France | en_US |
dc.coverage.temporal | 1983-1986 (creation) | en_US |
dc.creator | Fainsilber, Adrien | en_US |
dc.creator | Tschumi, Bernard | en_US |
dc.date | 1983-1986 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-29T17:12:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-29T17:12:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1983-1986 | en_US |
dc.identifier | 212507 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 70 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119937 | |
dc.description | View of the southeast elevation, from the southwest corner, depicting the moat below; The largest scientific museum in the world when built (and perhaps still) the C.S.I. utilizes a slaughterhouse complex [covering an area of 55 hectares (136 acres)] started in the 50's and interrupted before completion in the 70's. To metamorphose an industrial building meant for animals into a scientific cultural center for the public was the challenge the architects faced. The building's design was based on three themes: water, a pivotal theme linking the world and life, surrounds the main building; plant life has a place inside the Cité in three large bioclimatic greenhouses facing the park; light, "source of energy of the living world", brightens the permanent exhibition areas via two domes 17 metres in diameter. The Géode is a large geodesic dome containing a 1000 sq metre (10,764 sq ft) movie screen. In 1983 Tschumi won the international competition for the planning of the Parc de la Villette. Source: Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie [website]; http://www.cite-sciences.fr/english/ (accessed 12/28/2007) | en_US |
dc.format.medium | steel; glass | en_US |
dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
dc.subject | engineering and industry | en_US |
dc.subject | manufacturing | en_US |
dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
dc.subject | High-Tech | en_US |
dc.title | Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Cité of Sciences and Industry (C.S.I.) | en_US |
dc.type | image | en_US |
dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-FA-CS-A4 | en_US |
vra.culturalContext | French | en_US |
vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
vra.worktype | museum | en_US |
vra.worktype | park (recreation area) | en_US |
dc.contributor.display | Adrien Fainsilber (French architect, born 1932); Bernard Tschumi (Swiss architect, born 1944) | en_US |