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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Paris, Île-de-France, Franceen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1983-1986 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorFainsilber, Adrienen_US
dc.creatorTschumi, Bernarden_US
dc.date1983-1986en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-29T17:12:50Z
dc.date.available2013-04-29T17:12:50Z
dc.date.issued1983-1986en_US
dc.identifier212509en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 70en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119939
dc.descriptionView of bridges, with the Geode at right; 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.mediumsteel; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectengineering and industryen_US
dc.subjectmanufacturingen_US
dc.subjectModernisten_US
dc.subjectHigh-Techen_US
dc.titleCité des Sciences et de l'Industrieen_US
dc.title.alternativeCité of Sciences and Industry (C.S.I.)en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-FA-CS-A6en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypemuseumen_US
vra.worktypepark (recreation area)en_US
dc.contributor.displayAdrien Fainsilber (French architect, born 1932); Bernard Tschumi (Swiss architect, born 1944)en_US


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