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Center For Promotion of Science-Temple of Science
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Center For Promotion of Science-Temple of Science
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1,000,000 +
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$10M - 50M
It is our entry for the Center For Promotion of Science, the international competition held by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. We wanted to create a solution that precisely corresponds to the programmatic requirements and at the same time that serves as a unique and meaningful cultural icon for Belgrade and Serbia. Adjacency requirement, spatial flexibility, all-program-on-the-same-level, ease of future expansion, and ease of construction were among the few requirements that we have strictly respected during design. The proposed scheme consists of series of dome structure and the repetitive domes were used as a tool to organize programs and to define interior and exterior of the space. They are direct interpretation of the adjacency diagram mimicking molecule model. Structurally, dome geometry provides additional strength allowing long span structure with relatively less material and, in turn, greater flexibility for exhibition can be achieved. The proposed material for dome structure is Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) in form of triangulated geodesic dome. And triangulated lines were extruded to become beams. LVL is renewable material and the embodied energy for the end product is 24 times less than that of steel. The scheme also happily complies with the “All on one level” requirement as we find it beneficial in multiple ways: It is the simplest way to achieve barrier free design. It offers simplified mechanical and electrical system. Lastly abundant day light can be harvested from ceiling anywhere necessary. Once completed, the experience of the building, walking through the series of the dome, will be truly unique and unprecedented for its kind. We truly believe that the new Center for Promotion of Science was going be a memorable destination and it will become a cultural pilgrimage site where all visitors would enjoy, participate and learn.
Ever since we started our practice in 2006, we have participated in a dozen of international design competitions. While we have enjoyed working on those competitions without being plagued by the issues in reality such as, lack of built project in our portfolio, difficult taste of client, local regulations, we took those opportunities seriously to test out our mission statement as if they were commissioned real projects. We are committed to explore unique possibility of solution, space, and place without compromising efficiency in both, budget and construction. As the result, we have been thinking often that those are rather our “real” projects in that we could practice something that we want to achieve and we feel we actually could accumulated a great deal of real knowledge and real experience through the competition submissions.
If we don’t win in the competition, the project simply dies with the announcement of winner. As we feel our competition entries are like our babies, we as parents do our best to keep them alive by recycling the ideas, using them as internal reference, using them to update our portfolio and basically whatever we think is appropriate. And if they could get a second chance to be evaluated and the achievement and the seriousness in the project could be recognized again, it will be like a new life is given to the project and it will last forever.
Ever since we started our practice in 2006, we have participated in a dozen of international design competitions. While we have enjoyed working on those competitions without being plagued by the issues in reality such as, lack of built project in our portfolio, difficult taste of client, local regulations, we took those opportunities seriously to test out our mission statement as if they were commissioned real projects. We are committed to explore unique possibility of solution, space, and place without compromising efficiency in both, budget and construction. As the result, we have been thinking often that those are rather our “real” projects in that we could practice something that we want to achieve and we feel we actually could accumulated a great deal of real knowledge and real experience through the competition submissions.
If we don’t win in the competition, the project simply dies with the announcement of winner. As we feel our competition entries are like our babies, we as parents do our best to keep them alive by recycling the ideas, using them as internal reference, using them to update our portfolio and basically whatever we think is appropriate. And if they could get a second chance to be evaluated and the achievement and the seriousness in the project could be recognized again, it will be like a new life is given to the project and it will last forever.
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