Preferred Title:
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Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
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Alternate Title:
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Cité of Sciences and Industry (C.S.I.)
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Image View:
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Close view of the museum
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Creator:
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Adrien Fainsilber (French architect, born 1932); Bernard Tschumi (Swiss architect, born 1944)
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Location:
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Location Note:
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Park de la Villette; 30, avenue Corentin-Cariou
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Date:
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1983-1986 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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High-Tech; Modernist; Modern
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Work Type 1:
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museum
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Work Type 2:
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park (recreation area)
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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steel; glass
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); engineering and industry; manufacturing
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Description:
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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/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-FA-CS-A3
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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