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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlandsen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1992-1997 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorRenzo Piano Building Workshopen_US
dc.date1992-1997en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-17T20:47:21Z
dc.date.available2014-12-17T20:47:21Z
dc.date.issued1992-1997en_US
dc.identifier252345en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3065en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/167903
dc.descriptionView of multi-lane roadway and tunnel (south entrance to the IJ Tunnel) passing under building; In 1923, the Labor Museum was founded by artist Herman Heijenbrock. In 1954, it changed its name to the Netherlands Institute for Industry and Technology (NINT). In 2000 the name was changed to Science Center NEMO; since 1997 it has been housed in the building by Renzo Piano. It contains five floors of hands-on science exhibitions and is the largest science center in the Netherlands. There are also cafeterias and play areas. NEMO is located on a small stretch of land in the port of Amsterdam, straddling the entrance to a road tunnel. Surrounded by water, the building has a ship-like form and pre-oxidized copper-clad facades, referencing the surrounding port. A pedestrian ramp leads up onto the building’s sloping roof (fifth floor) that serves as a public piazza for visitors and as a social focus for the neighborhood. Source: Renzo Piano Building Workshop [firm website]; http://www.rpbw.com/ (accessed 7/15/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumsteel; glass; pre-oxidized copper cladding; red bricken_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectscientific or medicalen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectMuseologyen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleScience Center NEMOen_US
dc.title.alternativeNEMO (National Center for Science and Technology)en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-PREN-NEMO-A04en_US
vra.culturalContextDutchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypescience museumen_US
dc.contributor.displayRenzo Piano Building Workshop (Italian architectural firm, founded 1981)en_US


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