SPACE AGE PLANETARIUM

摘要

The award winning Rose Center for Earth and Space replaces New York’s sixty-year-oldrnHayden Planetarium with its icon 80 mm thin concrete dome. The new building designedrnby Polshek & Partners with Weidlinger Associates as structural consultant, combinesrnshowmanship and science to provide a dramatic experience for the visitor. A 26m (87ft)rndiameter spotlighted sphere supported on three pairs of 18m (60ft) long tapered steel legsrnhas the appearance of a space ship ready to rise toward a cosmic adventure. The sphere,rnthat houses a sky theatre and a big bang exhibit, floats inside a six-story cube, transparentrnon two sides, that rests on a two-story concrete base. Completing the futuristic effect, arndramatic spiraling ramp, rises from the first level of the building, connecting it to the BigrnBang exhibit space inside the globe.