NEBULA
We are the descendants of men. Man who have left their tropical home,
their birthplace, and united in the face of adversity. They united not only to
the point of survival, but to the development of a sophisticated social
interaction and culture. They were so few in number and so vulnerable that
today they would probably be considered as endangered species.
So what allowed them to survive at all?
They millenniums were passing by.
The earth changed the climate, the climate changed the earth, but they traveled
on. They crossed rivers, climbed mountains, and sailed the seas, moving from
one place to another. Transporting goods and food become a mother of inventions
for all means of transportation. Man has never stopped looking forward. Once
they have harnessed the horse, the wheel had been shaped, they have attached
the engine, when it wasn’t enough, they have added the wings. The time had come
when the world was conquered, but the path of the pioneers fell into oblivion.
The trials of our ancestors remained covered.
We had to reach to the very
interior of our body cells, to study the fossils, and excavate the buried
cities, before We dared to track the routes and timing of migration. Even when
the traces of a jet airplane marked the sky over the Diomede islands each and
every hour, traveling from today to tomorrow and back, the strait itself
remained untamed. The invisible barrier of time and date, assisted by the iron
curtain of mistrust and hatred divided the two hemispheres keeping the tiny
islands, physically so close, yet mentally so far. Their inhabitants never fell
to be neighbors, they rather observed each other in the crosshairs of their
binoculars.
The time has come when the will of unity grew stronger than distrust.
Challenging all obstacles man attempted reconnect the lands, time and again the
proposals had failed. However the failure of spanning the waters leads man to
dig deep under the troubled and icy sea.
As the digging continued the extracted material was used to form a dam
between the two islands where time stood still. The enclosed land was dried and
became a new point on the map.
In the mean time, strong powers from the all over the world started to
send impulses to the new informational center. Energy streams bearing
information from the place where they started channeled the tunnels emerging in
the place where human activity and time crossed in an arctic oasis. Dateline is
abstract to all of us who have never lost or gained a day. Time is the only
thing that man can not control.So, when those two powers are combined,
something has to happen- explosion, eruption, lightening, spark, fire.
Over time as the voices and the outcries of the word grew louder, the ground
began to shake. Wonderful cords of color and energy burst through the opening,
sucking their voices and cries into the sky. The cords crackled and swayed
around another as they grew higher and stronger over the harsh arctic
landscape, forming a symbolical illustration of unity of continents. The cords
became a living graphical barometer of
the world. They gathered most powerful and up to date stream of information
from the world, reacting like a plant growing stronger or withering down.
New stars are formed in nebulas whereas world peace can only be formed
in such a special environment. Man realized his dream of a new place which is
comprised of people’s desires for peace and unity. The creation of the Nebula
Park is largely dependent on international agreement to take up a challenge and
create a Multinational Peace Park. The most spectacular structure that human
eye had ever seen was materialized.
The magical geodesic sphere, flickering belly button of the world, was
placed over the mouth of colorful cords. Its latticed structure surrounds the
internal free space. The structure acquire different space modules that can
dock inside, their size and quantity are adjusted to current need. The geodesic
network gives
a possibility to place a multifunctional Hall of Fame for the heroes who
struggle for peace, a congress centre,
exhibition space, science centre and all entertainment facilities one can
imagine.
Wherever you are, whatever you do, you can observe how information is
transferred to illuminate the sphere, giving a spectacular three dimensional,
vivid picture of world’s state of being. One can contemplate the image of the
world from the outside, as well as from the Nebula’s core, flying among the
modules and cords of color. The modern eternal fire was ignited. Everlasting,
but vulnerable, only time will tell if mankind
will dare to feed the flames.
Will that be a Nebula or just a Mirage?
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS:
The hard work had to be done. The Bering Strait Tunnel was drilled
simultaneously from 4 points. The extracted remains from the tunnel were used
to form a dam. The circle enclosed by the dam is 1km wide and 6m deep. Its
shape and depth was deliberately chosen according to geological conditions and
its possible ecological impact. Once the water was pumped out from the circle,
the two Diomede Islands were reunited and the place to create the nebulaPARK
was prepared. Between two islands and on the crossroads of the tunnel and
international dateline, a net structured hemisphere was placed. The tunnel
threads surrounds the Nebula circle, giving the place for two underground platforms.
One platform is dedicated to service intercontinental travels, the second one
services the commuter transport between two islands. At the foot of each island two small stations are placed,
from where one can reach the hotel modules, research stations and panorama
points situated around the seashores. All tunnels and premises were dug into
the rock mass. The integrated architecture does not interfere with the natural
arctic surroundings, and gives a place and space for a phenomenon to accrue.
Let’s go for Arctic Circle trip and sleep in the granite caves with a
view to marvelous illuminations of the nebula!
The round shaped station generates vibrations of the international
dateline. That reaction we can see on the platform floor. Check it out! Chains
of elevators and communication system, following colorful streams of
information which takes you to 100meters diameter atrium. The atrium is
inserted into the main sphere’s core amongst the docking stations for the
functional pods. Each module size refers to its function. Most important is the
voice. You can find it in the centre.
Do not miss that!